The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil

Activists in Texas are connecting the fight against the Keystone pipeline with the struggle for environmental justice.

Wen Stephenson

How to Democratize the US Economy

A long-term plan to renovate the American dream begins at the local level and scales up.

Gar Alperovitz

Does the Chilean Experience Offer a Way Out for Egypt?

My country can perhaps offer Egyptians a strategy whereby a fearful and divided populace can rid itself of an oppressive regime.

Ariel Dorfman

What Obama Has to Do to End the GOP Shutdown

And put an end to Republicans’ hostage-taking once and for all.

the Editors

Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve Chair Is a Good Start…

But there are other openings on the board. Here’s a list of smart, independent-minded candidates who can fill them.

William Greider

Was Your Grandmother a Communist?—and Five More Questions for Jonathan Lethem

Lethem’s new novel, Dissident Gardens, involves three generations of left-wing activists in New York City.

Jon Wiener

Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew

A new book by Stephen Jimenez tells a very different story about the killing of Matthew Shepard by Aaron McKinney.

JoAnn Wypijewski

Health Care Reformageddon

Tom Tomorrow

The GOP’s Southern Strategy

As the Republican Party becomes whiter and more Southern, obstructionist tactics are inevitable.

Ari Berman

Snapshot

Mohamed Abdullah

The Notorious Life of a Nineteenth-Century Abortionist

Novelist Kate Manning richly reimagines Madame Restell as a defender of women from the horrors of poverty, male privilege and their own physiology.

Katha Pollitt

Explaining Ted Cruz’s Behavior

Calvin Trillin

Was Your Grandmother a Communist?—and Five More Questions for Jonathan Lethem

Lethem’s new novel, Dissident Gardens, involves three generations of left-wing activists in New York City.

Jon Wiener

Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew

A new book by Stephen Jimenez tells a very different story about the killing of Matthew Shepard by Aaron McKinney.

JoAnn Wypijewski

The Notorious Life of a Nineteenth-Century Abortionist

Novelist Kate Manning richly reimagines Madame Restell as a defender of women from the horrors of poverty, male privilege and their own physiology.

Katha Pollitt

Does the Chilean Experience Offer a Way Out for Egypt?

My country can perhaps offer Egyptians a strategy whereby a fearful and divided populace can rid itself of an oppressive regime.

Ariel Dorfman

Citizen Marx

By refusing to treat Marx as our contemporary, Jonathan Sperber has brought him back to life.

Sam Stark

Atavistic Sonnet

Susan Stewart

Weightless Burdens

Gravity and the three-dimensional tears of Sandra Bullock.

Stuart Klawans

Presidents and Libraries

A blueprint for the Barack Obama presidential library.

Michael Sorkin

Letters

Stop the rot!… run over on the runway… diapers: the new luxury… students always come last… ditch the bells & whistles

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3298

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

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto