From Visionary to the Fringe From Visionary to the Fringe
Immanuel Velikovsky’s strange quest for a scientific theory of everything
Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
How The National Front Is Systematically Winning Over the French Electorate How The National Front Is Systematically Winning Over the French Electorate
Marine Le Pen’s party has emerged as a formidable political force not just nationally, but locally.
Mar 26, 2014 / Cécile Alduy
Shelf Life: On Molly Antopol Shelf Life: On Molly Antopol
The short stories in The UnAmericans are studies of effusive remoteness and meandering revolution.
Mar 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
Why Are Students Protesting Wendy’s and Publix? Why Are Students Protesting Wendy’s and Publix?
The indefatigable Coalition of Immokalee Workers recently wrapped up its ten-day, ten-city tour aimed at the remaining holdouts to the Fair Food Program.
Mar 26, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
In New York’s Urban Borscht Belt, Ukrainians Debate Russia and Revolution In New York’s Urban Borscht Belt, Ukrainians Debate Russia and Revolution
Where Putin is the toast—and scourge—of the town
Mar 26, 2014 / Dusty Christensen
Remembering Jonathan Schell: 1943-2014 Remembering Jonathan Schell: 1943-2014
The power and persuasiveness of Jonathan's work came from the enduring belief that there is no idea so powerful as a moral one.
Mar 26, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and The Editors
What DC Democrats Don’t Get About Populism What DC Democrats Don’t Get About Populism
Washington can’t quite understand a South Dakota Democrat’s energetic, anti-big money Senate campaign.
Mar 26, 2014 / John Nichols
About That Open Letter Dan Snyder Just Sent to ‘Redskins Nation’ About That Open Letter Dan Snyder Just Sent to ‘Redskins Nation’
Dan Snyder’s latest open letter about why he is not changing the name of his football team and his new foundation for Native Americans beggars belief.
Mar 26, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate
If the Supreme Court rules that corporations have the right to free exercise of religion in the Hobby Lobby case, what happens to civil rights law?
Mar 25, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Why Is a Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Being Organized by Former Natural Gas Lobbyists? Why Is a Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Being Organized by Former Natural Gas Lobbyists?
They're using the Ukraine crisis to push for expedited approval of US natural gas exports.
Mar 25, 2014 / Lee Fang