Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher Kircher’s Cosmos: On Athanasius Kircher
How did a man who got so many things wrong become an intellectual celebrity in his own lifetime?
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
Now That April’s Here Now That April’s Here
Snow paid attention, left the white pines scarred and the springtime yard rife with life and destruction. Moss hair back from the dead brings the Green Man’s head softly, softly, underfoot right beside the maple root that quotes Sévigné‚ up the budding tree: “Spring is red.”
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christina Robb
Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond Hunter-Blatherer: On Jared Diamond
An unreliable anthropologist of traditional societies is a no less dubious diagnostician of the contemporary world.
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim
The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media The Minutemen and the Mainstream Media
A new book argues that the media failed to grasp the frightening extremism of the anti-immigrant border patrols of a few years ago—and wraps it in a thrilling true-crime tale...
Apr 3, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Educator Who Challenged Scott Walker’s Vouchers Agenda Wins 61-39 in Wisconsin Educator Who Challenged Scott Walker’s Vouchers Agenda Wins 61-39 in Wisconsin
The Superintendent of Public Instruction, who campaigned as an advocate for public education, was reelected with the message, "We can and must meet our constitutional obligati...
Apr 3, 2013 / John Nichols
Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
The leading Democrat working to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill is getting his campaign money from the private detention industry.
Apr 3, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Why Is North Dakota Torturing Women? Why Is North Dakota Torturing Women?
The UN says inaccessibility to abortion is torture—and anti-choice laws prove it.
Apr 3, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Ban the Box in New Jersey Ban the Box in New Jersey
The passage of The Opportunity to Compete Act would make the employment process fairer for young people in the state, especially young people of color, while also expanding employm...
Apr 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Morgan Jerkins and StudentNation
The Pitfalls of Testing-Based Education The Pitfalls of Testing-Based Education
As 35 Atlanta educators are investigated for fudging standardized test scores, the bigger issue is the high-stakes testing that's taken over our education system.
Apr 2, 2013 / Chris Hayes
How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil How Little We Know About Heavy Tar Sands Oil
The government is flying blind when to comes to transporting, and cleaning up, heavy tar sands oil.
Apr 2, 2013 / George Zornick