Surviving the Moment Surviving the Moment

Do our financial wizards, like vampires, leave no reflection in the mirror of art?

Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Fungibility of Air The Fungibility of Air

Real estate has become an extractive industry, mining the air for property.

Dec 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Puzzle No. 3307 Puzzle No. 3307

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Dec 18, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Letters Letters

Keep talkin' happy talk… till the fat lady sings…

Dec 18, 2013 / Our Readers, Jackson Lears, and Eric Alterman

Obama Is Trying to Fix Inequality by Hiring the Same Hacks Who Caused It Obama Is Trying to Fix Inequality by Hiring the Same Hacks Who Caused It

John Podesta is just the latest to make use of the White House’s revolving door for lobbyists.

Dec 17, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Dec 17, 2013 / Jen Sorensen

Snapshot: Honoring Mandela Snapshot: Honoring Mandela

The head of the former South African president and ANC leader and his clan name, Madiba, projected onto the face of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, December 8

Dec 17, 2013 / Mark Wessels

The Municipal-Industrial Complex Around the World The Municipal-Industrial Complex Around the World

From Brisbane to Miami, Vancouver to London to Chicago, how a corporation that fails again and again keeps the contracts coming.

Dec 17, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Tell Congress: We Must Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits Tell Congress: We Must Extend Emergency Unemployment Benefits

Thanks to Congress, it’s shaping up to be a bleak holiday season for 1.3 million unemployed Americans. 

Dec 17, 2013 / NationAction

Slamming the NSA Slamming the NSA

Obama’s Review Group is about to join a federal judge in blasting the NSA’s data collection overreach, it appears.

Dec 17, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss