January 30, 2012 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Milton Glaser, Incorporated
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Feature
Why Is Congress Redlining Our Schools?
The new version of the federal education law would further entrench the problems besetting schools that serve poor and minority children.
Linda Darling-Hammond
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On Puffins and Presidents
Citizenship is not just a duty. It’s a blessing, a gift handed down by generations of forebears.
Tony Kushner
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Grassroots Democracy in Venezuela
One town’s participatory budget has attracted activists and officials from around the world.
Gabriel Hetland
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Vermont vs. Vermont Yankee
Should states or the rubber-stamp NRC decide whether nuclear plants continue to operate?
Michael Blanding
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Editorial
Pentagon Drawdown
Those clamoring for big cuts shouldn’t expect much, if anything, to change this year.
The Editors
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Noted.
Natasja Sheriff on the EPA’s new rules, Eric Mann on the LA Metro’s civil rights violations, plus justice for Woody Guthrie and Dalton Trumbo
Various Contributors
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For Latinos in 2012, It’s Not Just About Immigration
Hammered by the recession, the key Latino voting bloc is concerned with the economy and education, too.
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
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Column
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The (Adam) Bellow Curve
Once again, the MSM falls for the story of Saul Bellow’s "former liberal" son, who specializes in publishing right-wing dreck.
Eric Alterman
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The GOP’s Blatant Racism
From Newt Gingrich to Ron Paul, Republican presidential candidates have stopped speaking in code and embraced baldly racist rhetoric.
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
The Devil, Probably: On Maurizio Cattelan
An artist known as a trickster and showman stages a disappearing act at the Guggenheim.
Barry Schwabsky
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Crime and Punishment: On William Stuntz
A lack of local democracy and equal protection has led to the collapse of the American criminal justice system.
Michael O’Donnell
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Algeria’s Wounds
Most people caught up in the Algerian War left no accounts of it at all.
Richard Vinen
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Letters