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Oct 23, 2013 / Jen Sorensen

Snapshot: Remembering Sandy Snapshot: Remembering Sandy

  This photo, taken the day after the hurricane struck Breezy Point, Queens, is from the book The Rockaways, published on the first anniversary of the superstorm by the Concord Free Press. It combines the work of renowned photographer Gilles Peress with the voices of residents. Please support our journalism. Get a digital subscription for just $9.50!

Oct 23, 2013 / Gilles Peress

JPMorgan Cops a $13 Billion Plea JPMorgan Cops a $13 Billion Plea

They touted securities they knew were trash. The government’s case plainly shows They’re willing to profit from bucket-shop scams, Although they wear much nicer clothes.

Oct 23, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

What the Democrats Can Learn From Ted Cruz What the Democrats Can Learn From Ted Cruz

He’s a fraud and a wacko bird, but at least the Texas senator has the courage of his convictions. 

Oct 23, 2013 / Column / Richard Kim

Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students and Minorities Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students and Minorities

Texas is a case study in the disastrous consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision that invalidated a key section of the Voting Rights Act.

Oct 23, 2013 / Ari Berman

Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare Healthcare.gov Sucks, but That’s Not the Real Threat to Obamacare

Ideological resistance to the Medicaid expansion—the heart of the healthcare law—is. 

Oct 23, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Becoming a Witness at Suzanne Lacy’s ‘Between the Door and the Street’ Becoming a Witness at Suzanne Lacy’s ‘Between the Door and the Street’

At an afternoon of feminist performance art on Brooklyn stoops, eavesdropping was encouraged.

Oct 23, 2013 / Salamishah Tillet

Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity

But the private prison company GEO Group is making huge profits locking up immigrants who are often guilty only of the crime of being undocumented.

Oct 23, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon

Amnesty, HRW Document Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks Amnesty, HRW Document Civilian Deaths in Drone Attacks

And The New York Times reports that terror and panic grip broad populations in targeted areas.

Oct 23, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

History’s Sinkhole History’s Sinkhole

How did the US-Mexican border become the place where the American past chokes on itself?

Oct 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin