Fast Food Strikes Hitting Fifth City: Milwaukee Fast Food Strikes Hitting Fifth City: Milwaukee
Hundreds of fast food and retail workers are expected to join the work stoppage, making Milwaukee the fifth city in the strike wave.
May 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Dems to DOJ: ‘Very Troubled,’ ‘Inexcusable,’ ‘No Way to Justify This’ Dems to DOJ: ‘Very Troubled,’ ‘Inexcusable,’ ‘No Way to Justify This’
And the Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee agrees. How’s that for bipartisanship?
May 15, 2013 / John Nichols
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Victor Navasky’s The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and their Enduring Power
May 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Puzzle No. 3284 Puzzle No. 3284
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
May 15, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker Exchange—Mental Illness: Lighter and Darker
On “Madness in the Method” from April 22.
May 15, 2013 / Our Readers and Miriam Markowitz
Victor Navasky: Why Political Cartoons Are So Powerful Victor Navasky: Why Political Cartoons Are So Powerful
After decades of takedowns, the art is still stoking controversy.
May 14, 2013 / Press Room
I Got Shot in New Orleans I Got Shot in New Orleans
But I’m not giving up on this precious, important city. America shouldn’t either.
May 14, 2013 / Mark Hertsgaard
Christie’s Broken Promise Christie’s Broken Promise
Although the New Jersey governor tackled Hurricane Sandy recovery head on, he has refused to similarly address the climate change that will make these storms more common.
May 14, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘The Patriarchy Works in Strange Ways’: On Being an Opinionated Woman ‘The Patriarchy Works in Strange Ways’: On Being an Opinionated Woman
Questions of VIDA, and women’s authority to offer opinions, were discussed in a lively panel on Women and Criticism.
May 14, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Pussy Riot Doc Defends Free Speech But Skips the Messy Details Pussy Riot Doc Defends Free Speech But Skips the Messy Details
'A Punk Prayer' distills the group's protest and trial into a parable on Vladimir Putin's free speech crackdown.
May 14, 2013 / StudentNation / Alec Luhn and StudentNation