A California Town Bleeds From Sequestration’s Cuts

Without its lifeline, a stream of federal aid, Lemoore is in crisis mode—and residents of all political stripes are united in outrage.

Gabriel Thompson

How Sequestration Hurts the Homeless

An already-bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

Greg Kaufmann

Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis

After fleeing violence at home, Syrians struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan’s cities and towns.

Elizabeth Whitman

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Jeremy Scahill

Noted

Katrina vanden Heuvel on austerity’s flawed foundation, Dave Zirin on firing the Steubenville coach, Andrew Bard Epstein on direct action against drones, the editors on transparency and the Bradley Manning case

Various Contributors

Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings?

It appears the Tsarnaev brothers were self-motivated. But their Salafist extremism was itself one outgrowth of the brutal Chechen wars of independence against Russia.

Thomas Goltz

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

David Cole

Terror in Texas

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Richard Kim

Criticism of Obama’s Failure to Get a Background Check Bill Passed in the Senate

Calvin Trillin

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

Mira Nair's latest film includes a character who's a journalist and CIA agent. Is this responsible filmmaking?

Eric Alterman

The Trials of Rafi Segal

In Israel, an architectural competition and its winner have been sabotaged by the bad faith of its sponsors.

Michael Sorkin

Risky Business: On Risk and Individualism

A history of how risk management profits from manufacturing new forms of uncertainty and insecurity.

Stephen Mihm

And Darkness Comes: On Aleksandar Hemon

How did everything a writer had known and loved come violently apart?

Aaron Thier

Beyond

Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Derek Cinfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Brian Helgeland’s 42

Stuart Klawans

Letters

Whistleblowing while you work; jocks’ rape culture; gay marriage: outdated from the start?; Anthony Lewis and Noam Chomsky

Our Readers and Eric Alterman

Puzzle No. 3281

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

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto