Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now
Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...
Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation
Ten Protest Songs That Matter Ten Protest Songs That Matter
The best ten protest songs of all-time.
Apr 21, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
A Reasonable Request in Unreasonable Times: Recount the Ballots in Wisconsin’s Close and Contested Court Race A Reasonable Request in Unreasonable Times: Recount the Ballots in Wisconsin’s Close and Contested Court Race
Narrowly behind and concerned about election irregularities, Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg seeks a full recount of the votes in the nation's highes...
Apr 21, 2011 / John Nichols
Maryland Passes Its Own Version of the DREAM Act Maryland Passes Its Own Version of the DREAM Act
The bill allows for undocumented students to receive in-state tuition in public universities in the state.
Apr 21, 2011 / StudentNation / Micah Uetricht
Is the World Too Big to Fail? Is the World Too Big to Fail?
Support for democracy is the province of ideologists and propagandists. In the real world, elite dislike of democracy is the norm.
Apr 21, 2011 / Noam Chomsky
Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts
Students on both coasts protest deep cuts to education budgets.
Apr 21, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
The Cursi Affair: On Manuel Puig The Cursi Affair: On Manuel Puig
The Latin Boom writers failed to appreciate the work of fellow novelist Manuel Puig, who wrote about housewives and homosexuals.
Apr 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Wimmer
The Idler: On Geoff Dyer The Idler: On Geoff Dyer
Freedom to do just what he pleases defines the life and writing of Geoff Dyer.
Apr 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Confession Confession
I read the chemistry so I think of my windows as thick syrup and I do see a whole world stuck to them so I believe it Somehow twenty pelicans just now escaped with their shadows but the oaks and palmettos are struggling wildly to get loose If they can’t do it with a thousand hands how could we with two Our predicament had been holding two things true at the same time It was worse actually We knew truth between them and did nothing
Apr 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Allan Peterson
Shostakovich’s Ambivalence Shostakovich’s Ambivalence
The musical and political strands of Dmitri Shostakovich's life were intertwined like the braids of a noose.
Apr 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell