Democrats and Journalists Should Not Advocate Young Voter Disenfranchisement Democrats and Journalists Should Not Advocate Young Voter Disenfranchisement
How student and young blogger activism took on Clinton, Dodd, Richardson and Biden's campaigns--in less than 24 hours--to protect student voting rights.
Dec 13, 2007 / The Nation
Who Owns Whom? Social Networking’s Corporate Roots Who Owns Whom? Social Networking’s Corporate Roots
Politicians are invading online space like never before in hopes of reaching a new generation of voters. But who really gains from interactive democracy?
Dec 13, 2007 / The Nation
Memorable Gestures Memorable Gestures
Michael Ondaatje shows off his trademark narrative tricks in his new novel Divisadero, but the magic is wearing thin.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tony Eprile
Edward Hopper: August in the City, 1945 Edward Hopper: August in the City, 1945
You've got to learn how to dance and speak lots of languages and pull ideas out of your hat.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ernest Farrés
Lippmann and the News Lippmann and the News
In the early 1900s Walter Lippman laid the groundrules for public debate in America. Have the US media followed his prescriptions?
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Schudson
Tilted Ash Tilted Ash
A retrospective exhibition of Martin Puryear's sculptures reinvents MoMA's signature atrium space as a site for spiritual longing.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Waiting for Godot in a Wasteland Waiting for Godot in a Wasteland
The most devastated neighborhood in America makes an ideal backdrop for a morally ambiguous play about abandonment.
Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Billy Sothern
GWOT: Thailand GWOT: Thailand
Fear of terrorism has enabled Thailand's military dictatorship.
Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Noy Thrupkaew
GWOT: Pakistan GWOT: Pakistan
As the Taliban gains strength, a nascent democracy in Pakistan withers.
Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Shahan Mufti
GWOT: The Philippines GWOT: The Philippines
Since 9/11 the Philippines have seen an explosion of political killings.
Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Luis H. Francia