Obama’s Dumb New Sanctions on Iran Obama’s Dumb New Sanctions on Iran
Doubliing down on a failed (and counterproductive) strategy.
Nov 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
President Obama: Protect Students President Obama: Protect Students
An urgent plea from an undergraduate Occupy activist.
Nov 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America
Extreme Israel hawks are increasingly just another part of the right-wing coalition.
Nov 22, 2011 / Ben Adler
Beattitudes: On Ann Beattie Beattitudes: On Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie is an artist of the things we don’t say, or can’t, and that find expression anyway.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald
Dwight Macdonald’s panic about Midcult now seems less prescient than misplaced.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Szalai
Erosion: On Errol Morris Erosion: On Errol Morris
Why does Errol Morris cling to a model of documentary photography eighty years out of date?
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Zoned: On the European Union Zoned: On the European Union
The European Union exists in a no-man’s-land between democracy and technocracy.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
Obscure Objects of Desire: On Jeffrey Eugenides Obscure Objects of Desire: On Jeffrey Eugenides
In The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides can’t explain what happens to his characters without throwing in every last why.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
The Erin Brockovich of East LA The Erin Brockovich of East LA
When Martha Sanchez became a community organizer, the paint-cleaning company that was polluting her neighborhood and sickening local children met its match.
Nov 22, 2011 / Sasha Abramsky
Questions for Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Questions for Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
The Nobel Peace Prize winner opens up on Occupy Wall Street, the United Nations and prospects for serious social reform.
Nov 21, 2011 / Kelly Hearn