End of the Line? End of the Line?
“Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas billionaire who has been the biggest backer to a group supporting Newt Gingrich, said this week that Mr. Gingrich had reached ‘the end of his line’ in his bid for the presidency.” —New York Times So Newt’s coming closer to facing defeat? His main sugar daddy’s no longer so sweet. And Newt never was: why, when he had the power Of all of that sugar, he still sounded sour.
Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Why We Must Raise the Minimum Wage Why We Must Raise the Minimum Wage
Instead of making vague promises to create high-paying jobs, the government should increase wages for the jobs that actually exist.
Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
DOJ Hovers Over Today’s Wisconsin Primary to Protect Civil Rights DOJ Hovers Over Today’s Wisconsin Primary to Protect Civil Rights
Confusion abounds in Wisconsin over new redistricting and voter ID laws, as well as how to ensure military members and Spanish-speaking residents can vote.
Apr 3, 2012 / Brentin Mock
The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism
Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.
Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Data Mining You Data Mining You
How the intelligence community is creating a new American world.
Apr 3, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller
A nineteenth-century feminist's exceptional life.
Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Putting the World Into the World: On Alighiero Boetti Putting the World Into the World: On Alighiero Boetti
Opposites collapse in the work of the Shaman-Showman of contemporary Italian art.
Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012 Nearly Eighty Arrested in San Francisco During ‘First Real Occupation’ of 2012
Police arrest nearly eighty protesters in San Francisco during the 'First Real Occupation' of 2012.
Apr 3, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Inescapable Smallness: On Jenny Erpenbeck Inescapable Smallness: On Jenny Erpenbeck
A young German novelist explores the logic of powerlessness.
Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Tristram Wolff
The 99 Percent for the 100 Percent: The Case for Deep Patriotism The 99 Percent for the 100 Percent: The Case for Deep Patriotism
In a new book, the former Obama White House advisor makes the case for a movement that engages all Americans in the practice of deep patriotism.
Apr 2, 2012 / Van Jones