After Macondo: On Evelio Rosero After Macondo: On Evelio Rosero
In Evelio Rosero's The Armies, war is like the Law in Kafka: cruel, implacable and coldly divine.
Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich
History Unforeseen: On Sylvia Townsend Warner History Unforeseen: On Sylvia Townsend Warner
In the fiction of Sylvia Townsend Warner, historical change is accidental and almost imperceptible, but for all that no less decisive.
Jan 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / David Carroll Simon
The Copenhagen Disaccord The Copenhagen Disaccord
Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
The Transformation of Hamas The Transformation of Hamas
Palestine's Islamic movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on Israel.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Fawaz A. Gerges
Imposing Middle East Peace Imposing Middle East Peace
Forceful outside intervention is the only alternative to an unstable and dangerous status quo.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Henry Siegman
How to Save Journalism How to Save Journalism
The patriotic case for government action.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Death Penalty Supporters Concede Defeat Death Penalty Supporters Concede Defeat
We saw a lot of bad death penalty-related news last year--the probable execution of innocent men in Texas, the attacks by a prosecutor on the Medill Innocence Project students at N...
Jan 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Judge Gets Real, But Why? The Judge Gets Real, But Why?
The federal judge's order means that LA's top gang reduction officials will be subpoenaed to state what they know of Alex Sanchez.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Senator Ed Schultz? Senator Ed Schultz?
Senator Byron Dorgan's decision to forego a 2010 reelection bid has sent Democrats in North Dakota -- and Washington -- searching for a candidate who can hold a blue seat in a red...
Jan 7, 2010 / John Nichols
David Levine David Levine
David Levine, who died on December 29 at 83, was best known for his brilliant, biting, crosshatched caricatures of literary and political figures, which until his vision gave out...
Jan 6, 2010 / The Editors