Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws? Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws?
Could China’s justice system be morphing from an instrument of the authoritarian state into a contested political terrain?
Apr 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the US government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.
Apr 16, 2014 / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
Bigots Will Learn: You’re Not Going to Scare Henry Aaron Bigots Will Learn: You’re Not Going to Scare Henry Aaron
Baseball Hall of Famer Henry Aaron spoke his mind and is receiving racist death threats, thereby proving his point.
Apr 16, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Comix Nation Comix Nation
Apr 15, 2014 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Into Thin Air Snapshot: Into Thin Air
The Seder, by Samuel Eisen-Meyers, dedicated to “a generation that sees hope and justice in a divided sky.” In April, Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for abandoning the promises made in US-brokered peace talks. “And poof!” Kerry said. “That was sort of the moment.”
Apr 15, 2014 / Samuel Eisen-Meyers
100 Days Into Bill de Blasio’s First Term, New York’s Most Powerful Progressive Is Taking Big Swipes at Inequality 100 Days Into Bill de Blasio’s First Term, New York’s Most Powerful Progressive Is Taking Big Swipes at Inequality
The bad news? The forces of opposition may be just as strong as he is.
Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
Why Are Thousands of Malagasy Women Being Trafficked to Abusive Jobs in the Middle East? Why Are Thousands of Malagasy Women Being Trafficked to Abusive Jobs in the Middle East?
Dishonest employment agencies are only part of the problem.
Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Aaron Ross
Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That? Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That?
Even the organization’s own recruits are uncomfortable with its explosive growth.
Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Alexandra Hootnick
Puzzle No. 3322 Puzzle No. 3322
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad. ACROSS 1 Where cooks work against this location (10) 6 Greeting overheard at this location (4) 10 In New York, Mandela’s organization attracted a detective (5,4) 11 Lady and mother stop (5) 12 Patty’s naked desire (4) 13 Like Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, initially, putting badger in shower (4-5) 15 Like a K train happening to precede H (8) 18 Smile wickedly, eating second helping of sugary cereal (6) 19 Time magazine: it is used to blow your nose (6) 21 Whether he is a small insect or a giant beast… (8) 25 …item is all picked apart in a venue for discussion (5,4) 26 Loop (the outside of Chicago, Illinois) (4) 28 Key is rented out (5) 29 Grip deer, don’t you think? Also… (9) 30 …feathers at this location (4) 31 Profit or loss from this location near Nile resort (6,4) DOWN 1 Solid start to construction at this location (4) 2 Fluster artilleryman, losing head on the outskirts of Venice (7) 3 Seasoning is what there never seems to be enough of, we hear (5) 4 I barter crackers for cheese and toast (7) 5 Ahead or back, randomly choose number (6) 7 What Monty Python’s knights did, when moving up to surround North Asians from the subcontinent (7) 8 “Drone” article on this location is something for everyone (5,5) 9 Green tea I’m mixing with rum (8) 14 Abandoned, he arises in a difficult situation beneath this location (4,6) 16 Justice’s ultimate character! (8) 17 Half of NASA telescope for this location (3) 20 Bird and pig, straddling a fence (7) 22 Yank in Connecticut chasing bonus (7) 23 Folding paper or up-and-coming periodical in two (7) 24 Mafia’s conspiracy covers up disaster (6) 26 Jam involving excellent rock trio (5) 27 Disinfected germs around this location (4) SOLUTION TO PUZZLE NO. 3321 ACROSS 1 anag. 9 US + URPE (anag.) + R 10 I + M(PR)INT 11 LUNG + E 12 three + ten anag. 14 rev. 15 “May pastor” spoonerism 17 TREA(SURE)S (tears anag.) 19 [m]ORGAN 21 anag. 24 RUB + LE 26 AB(D)OMEN (bemoan anag.) 27 anag. 28 BRAND(YALE)X + AND + ER DOWN 1 DOUBLE D AT E 2 MO(URN)ER (more anag.) 3 CY + PRESSES 4 A + GREE[k] 5 IRIS + HE + YES 6 P + APER 7 anag. 8 init. letters (&lit.) 13 “prints, e-gore” 15 PY + ROMANIA 16 anag. 18 anag. 20 GOB + LIND 21 2 defs. 23 SIN + CE 25 rev.
Apr 15, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Tax Breaks That Are Killing the Planet The Tax Breaks That Are Killing the Planet
In the face of a changing climate and a constrained domestic budget, the lunacy of fossil fuel subsidies is hard to overstate.
Apr 15, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter