Aiding the Insurgency Aiding the Insurgency
A celebrated US program designed to employ Iraqis is called a “sham” that fed the resistance.
May 12, 2010 / Feature / Luke Mogelson
In Our Orbit: What Was Lost In Our Orbit: What Was Lost
Kai Bird's Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a meditation on the collective failure of Israelis and Palestinians to reconcile their histories of loss and victimhood.
May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
The Enhancement of the Senses The Enhancement of the Senses
In The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes lucidly charts how the Romantics were as transfixed by the failures of science as they were by its bright accomplishments.
May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen
ROC vs. the NRA ROC vs. the NRA
Hit hard by the recession, America's restaurant workers are fighting for a fair deal.
May 12, 2010 / Feature / Spencer Woodman
Mind the Enlightenment Mind the Enlightenment
Jonathan Israel's epic defense of "Radical Enlightenment" has the dogmatic ring of a profession of faith.
May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Retaking Rio Retaking Rio
With the Olympics coming to town, the state seeks to reclaim the favelas.
May 12, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti
New Reason to Protest the Arizona D-backs: House Bill 2281 New Reason to Protest the Arizona D-backs: House Bill 2281
Significant protests are planned this weekend at baseball stadiums in Atlanta and Miami against the Arizona Diamondbacks because team owner Ken Kendrick bankrolls politicians that ...
May 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update
"Advocating ethnic solidarity" is now illegal in Arizona public schools.
May 12, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable” Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable”
The president made the statement during a press conference with Hamid Karzai. But is it true?
May 12, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The Final Battle: Lessig vs. Greenwald The Final Battle: Lessig vs. Greenwald
Lawrence Lessig and Glenn Greenwald debate Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination.
May 12, 2010 / Press Room