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Feature
Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?
Libertarians and leftists alike predict a world of competing digital currencies.
Doug Henwood
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Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?
When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.
Alissa Quart
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ExxonMobil’s New Guinea Nightmare
How a US government loan enabled an environmentally destructive project plagued by lethal landslide, police repression and civil unrest.
Ian T. Shearn
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Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now
Right-wing operatives with links to big retailers going after worker centers like the Restaurant Opportunities Center.
Lee Fang
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Editorial
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Where Shame Is Policy: Inside LA’s ‘Teacher Jail’
Using sex as an excuse, Los Angeles has created a disciplinary limbo in which hundreds of teachers languish.
JoAnn Wypijewski
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7 Questions for Bill Maher
The comedian on drawing blue crowds in red states, his campaign to unseat a terrible Congressman and why it’s wrong to say anyone should be taken off the air.
Jon Wiener
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Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate
The Obama administration’s decision to isolate Russia, in a new version of “containment,” has met with virtually unanimous support from the political and media establishment.
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
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Column
Will Ireland Lift Its Draconian Abortion Ban?
The country’s abortion restrictions are under fire—and prochoice activists are surprisingly optimistic.
Katha Pollitt
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The Latest Affirmative Action Decision Isn’t Just About Race
The Supreme Court’s decision sweeps away decades of equal protection precedent.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
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Higher Beings Commanded
A quartet of shows at MoMA decoct enlightenment from the banal.
Barry Schwabsky
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3324
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto