November 21, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Feature
How Wall Street Occupied America
Why the rich keep getting richer and our democracy is getting poorer.
Bill Moyers
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The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street
The protesters have put their faith in the last seemingly credible force in the world: each other.
Richard Kim
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A Great Green Wall for Africa?
If a metaphorical wall of trees gets built as grassroots activists envision, it could help save the continent from hunger, poverty and climate change.
Mark Hertsgaard
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Editorial
Is the Eurozone on the Brink of Collapse?
The crisis was caused by weak governance, excessive speculation and lax regulation. Austerity will only make the disease worse.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
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Greece Spins Out of Control
Returning to Athens after three months away, I found the state close to dissolution and people in despair.
Maria Margaronis
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Noted.
Richard Lingeman on the revival of It Can’t Happen Here; Erika Eichelberger on the global fight over tar sands.
Various Contributors
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Memo to Congress: No Secret Farm Bill
Thanks to the antidemocratic "supercommittee," the legislation singularly responsible for shaping our food system is being written behind closed doors.
Mark Hertsgaard
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Column
What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests
The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.
Alexander Cockburn
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Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call
God called me one night and asked me to run for president. He almost talked me into it.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
Side by Side: On Britain’s School Wars
Melissa Benn attacks the deepening rift of privilege and privatization in Britain’s secondary schools.
Stefan Collini
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American Idol: On Nietzsche in America
Why early twentieth-century Americans—from anarchists to Baptist ministers—fell for the philosophy of Nietzsche.
Ross Posnock
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Whose News? On Race and the American Media
News for All the People is a journalistic morality tale.
Diane Simon
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Letters