Cover art by: photo by Bruce Davidson/Magnum of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965
Academics get paid by financial firms to testify against Dodd-Frank regulations. What’s wrong with this picture?
Some states are reviving disenfranchisement schemes that date back to the antebellum South.
Will the Dems insist on a budget that addresses unemployment and inequality? Or will they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by seeking “common ground”?
He’s a fraud and a wacko bird, but at least the Texas senator has the courage of his convictions.
How did the US-Mexican border become the place where the American past chokes on itself?
Jia Zhangke’s Touch of Sin, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, and other highs (and lows) from the New York Film Festival.
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.