Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’ Chris Burden and ‘The Other Vietnam Memorial’
Three million Vietnamese names, etched on copper plates 13 feet high.
May 11, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No. Defend Charlie Hebdo’s Publishing Disgusting Cartoons About Muslims? Yes. Give Them an Award for It? No.
The issue is the cartoons—and what they mean to ordinary French Muslims.
May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener
New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters
Even if the cops seize a phone and destroy it, the video will be saved.
May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory
On the war’s 50th anniversary, peace activists will be challenging the Pentagon’s whitewashed history.
Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener
It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt
In America today, people owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. But there’s a simple and elegant way to end this travesty.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision
The story Frank tells in his new memoir of Robert McNamara’s visit to Harvard in 1966 is, to put it generously, incomplete.
Mar 20, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Let’s Give Edward Snowden the Same Deal General Petraeus Got for Leaking Info Let’s Give Edward Snowden the Same Deal General Petraeus Got for Leaking Info
A guilty plea to a misdemeanor, and no jail time.
Mar 18, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee? Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee?
An interview with Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s attorney and his editor.
Feb 4, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Super Bowl Sunday, a Big Day for Brain Damage Super Bowl Sunday, a Big Day for Brain Damage
It’s time again for America’s annual concussion carnival.
Jan 29, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Leonard Beerman Leonard Beerman
He was a fighter for social justice for sixty-five years.
Jan 7, 2015 / Jon Wiener