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Features
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The Town That Turned Poverty Into a Prison Sentence
Most states shut down their debtors’ prisons more than 100 years ago; in 2005, Harpersville, Alabama, opened one back up.
Hannah Rappleye and Lisa Riordan Seville
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Editorials
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Why ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Has Labor Very, Very Nervous
The fate of public sector unionism lies with a single Supreme Court justice—and not the one you’d want.
Joel Rogers
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LA City Council Tells Big Oil To Frack Off
As residents complain of nosebleeds and headaches, the country’s biggest oil-producing city moves to ban hydraulic fracturing.
Simon Davis-Cohen
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Columns
How Bill de Blasio Is Being Framed
The NYC mayor as fumbling amateur: this story writes itself, no facts required.
Eric Alterman
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Books and the Arts
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From Visionary to the Fringe
Immanuel Velikovsky’s strange quest for a scientific theory of everything
Paula Findlen
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Shelf Life: On Molly Antopol
The short stories in The UnAmericans are studies of effusive remoteness and meandering revolution.
Hannah K. Gold
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