Daylight Answers: On ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Daylight Answers: On ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
A massacre in Aurora and the cinema of social hallucination.
Aug 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle No. 3248 Puzzle No. 3248
Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Aug 7, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Uncertain Fate of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Lifers The Uncertain Fate of Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Lifers
What will Pennsylvania do with prisoners like Sharon Wiggins, who has been locked up for more than forty years for a crime she committed at 17?
Aug 7, 2012 / Liliana Segura and Matt Stroud
It’s Still Party Time at National Conventions It’s Still Party Time at National Conventions
The House has narrowly interpreted a 2007 ethics law in a way that will allow lobbyist-funded parties for lawmakers at the nominating conventions.
Aug 7, 2012 / George Zornick
Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs? Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?
More than 100 activists are traveling from the Mexican border to Washington, DC, to push the US to reconsider failed drug policies.
Aug 7, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Ari Berman: Harry Reid’s Jedi Mind Tricks Ari Berman: Harry Reid’s Jedi Mind Tricks
All the appalled commentary about Reid’s so-called ethical lapse has crowed out the real question: What was he trying to achieve?
Aug 7, 2012 / Press Room
Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil Medical Research Fraud: Professors Go Unpunished in Glaxo $3 Billion Guilty Plea Over Paxil
Twenty-two “authors” of a fradulent article ghost-written by Glaxo won't feel the heat.
Aug 7, 2012 / Jon Wiener
Romney’s Incredible Extremes Romney’s Incredible Extremes
Mitt’s policy plans enjoy impunity for their sheer lack of believability.
Aug 7, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for… After Temple Shooting, Bloomberg Campaigns Against Intolerance and Gun Violence, and for…
Bloomberg has stirred presidential buzz before. He’s not running this year. But he is campaigning on some of the biggest issues of the moment.
Aug 7, 2012 / John Nichols