God, Science and Philanthropy

The politics of the Templeton Foundation's "Big Questions."

Nathan Schneider

The Next Drilling Disaster?

Unregulated natural gas drilling could wreak havoc on the environment and human health.

Kara Cusolito

Brace Yourself: Good News on Africa

A recent economic study rejects the conventional depiction of the continent as a basket case.

Karen Rothmyer

Free Gaza

The attack on the humanitarian flotilla has focused the world’s attention on the indefensible blockade of Gaza. The siege, and the isolation of Hamas, must end immediately.

the Editors

The Lesser Evil

Poverty and charity are two evils; charity is the lesser, but it is still evil.

Walter Mosley

Noted.

John Nichols on the Democratic response to the Israeli attack on aid ships bound for Gaza, Viggo Mortensen on Dennis Hopper, and our fifth annual student writing contest

the Editors

Road Rage Russian-style

In Russia, drivers are one of the country's few grassroots movements capable of mobilizing protesters and influencing policy.

Carl Schreck

Ten Things You Can Do to Win a Political Campaign

How can progressives build winning campaigns that truly represent the people?

The Nation

On Obama’s Plate

He's a busy man!

Calvin Trillin

Israel Agonistes

Peter Beinart's stinging critique of the American Jewish establishment's failure to defend democracy in Israel comes not a moment to soon.

Eric Alterman

Europe’s Democracy Deficit

EU countries traded democracy for prosperity. These days, they're missing it.

Gary Younge

The Death and Life of the Book Review

Newspaper books sections have been ailing for decades, but there's no better time than now for writing about books.

John Palattella

Miracles

Brenda Shaughnessy

Black Is Also a Color

"Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917" makes some of Modernism's most familiar paintings seem unresolved and difficult again.

Barry Schwabsky

Intimacies and Dishonesties

In Tove Jansson's The True Deceiver, the uncertainties laid bare go to the heart of human relationships.

Maria Margaronis

Letters to the Editor

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 1590

This puzzle appeared originally in the June 21, 1975, issue.

Frank W. Lewis