The Gulf at the Gas Station The Gulf at the Gas Station
Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?
Aug 12, 2010 / Mark Engler
A Calamity of Heart A Calamity of Heart
An essay for “America: Now and Here.”
Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Doctorow
Afternoon Delight Afternoon Delight
On Charlie Rangel, the world's worst songs and right-wing hypocrisy.
Aug 12, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Rotten Apples, Core Values Rotten Apples, Core Values
Profits are booming, but Mott's is demanding benefit cuts. Workers are fighting back.
WikiLeaks and War Crimes WikiLeaks and War Crimes
There was a brief moment when it seemed the evidence of civilian killings, military cover ups and widespread lack of accountability contained in the WikiLeaks documents would spark...
Aug 12, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About
The attorneys general in Florida and Virginia who are attacking America's uninsured ought to think about who really benefits from the politicization of well-being.
Aug 12, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Human Rights in History Human Rights in History
Human rights emerged not in the 1940s but the 1970s, and on the ruins of prior dreams.
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
A Cinema of Refusal: On Pedro Costa A Cinema of Refusal: On Pedro Costa
In his Letters from Fontainhas trilogy, Pedro Costa treats the balance of form and content as a moral imperative.
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century); Ch-ch-ch-changes: Artists Talk about Teaching; Curating and the Educational Turn
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Pursuit of Happiness Pursuit of Happiness
Christopher Nolan's Inception; Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime; Samuel Maoz's Lebanon
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans