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The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday

My life as a temp in California’s Inland Empire, the belly of the online shopping beast.

Gabriel Thompson

The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver

How the war changed Charlie.

Ann Jones

Farewell, Filibuster

There’s more work to be done, but this was a big win for democracy.

The Editors

A Socialist Wins in Seattle

Kshama Sawant’s City Council victory reflects broad trends: polls show voters are increasingly immune to redbaiting.

John Nichols

Block the US-Afghan Security Agreement!

Hamid Karzai is right: it compromises Afghan sovereignty and ensures ten more years of US occupation.

Bob Dreyfuss

Telecom Shareholders Demand Data on Government Surveillance

Activist investors are pushing for accountability from AT&T and Verizon.

Andrés S. Pertierra

Comix Nation

Ward Sutton

Snapshot: Call It Stormy Monday

Ralph D. Freso

When Success Is Failure

Why it’s hard to make sense of US foreign policy.

Eric Alterman

There’s Nothing Postracial About Richie Incognito or Craig Cobb

No matter how you parse it, Incognito is a bully and Cobb is a white supremacist.

Patricia J. Williams

Double-Entry Bookkeeping

Calvin Trillin

Without Respite

Seeing not a person but a thing was the crime of crimes for Primo Levi.

Vivian Gornick

Debtpop

Thinking about debt has become pop, and David Graeber’s Debt is the genre’s “Stairway to Heaven.”

Joshua Clover

Monumental, Imperial

The beauty and muchness of Ai Weiwei’s art is often underwhelming.

Barry Schwabsky

Other Roles

Auntie man? Black writer? Negress? In The Women, Hilton Als is Hilton Als.

Aaron Thier

Exchange: Eric and ‘Goliath’

Our Readers and Eric Alterman

Puzzle No. 3305

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto