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The Ebola Quarantine Isn’t Just Stupid—It’s Deadly

The Ebola Quarantine Isn’t Just Stupid—It’s Deadly The Ebola Quarantine Isn’t Just Stupid—It’s Deadly

Of all the panicked and irrational reactions to Ebola, the outrageous treatment of volunteers like Kaci Hickox and Ryan Boyko is the most dangerous.

Nov 5, 2014 / Column / Richard Kim

By the Way By the Way

Obamacare Loses Power as a Campaign Issue
                  —Headline, The New York Times

Nov 5, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Apostles of Growth

Apostles of Growth Apostles of Growth

Capitalism’s newest critics offer a groundbreaking account of slavery, but does their economic history add up?

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

Haterz Gonna Hate?

Haterz Gonna Hate? Haterz Gonna Hate?

There are limits to what the law can do to police cyberabuse.

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

It Was a Great Night for Gun Reform

It Was a Great Night for Gun Reform It Was a Great Night for Gun Reform

On a bleak night, advocates of tougher gun laws pretty much ran the table.

Nov 5, 2014 / George Zornick

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Insurrections of the Mind thinks insurrections ought to happen only in the mind.

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Will Rasmea Odeh Go to Prison Because of a Confession Obtained Through Torture?

Will Rasmea Odeh Go to Prison Because of a Confession Obtained Through Torture? Will Rasmea Odeh Go to Prison Because of a Confession Obtained Through Torture?

Forty years ago, the Israeli army tortured and imprisoned her. Now she’s being forced to relive the nightmare in a US court.

Nov 4, 2014 / Charlotte Silver

Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege

Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege Jerusalem’s Palestinian Neighborhoods Are Under Economic Siege

Palestinians in East Jerusalem face not just a wall but a welfare system designed to impoverish and ultimately remove them.

Nov 4, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums

Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums

Escalation is now a structural fact embedded in the war in the Middle East and the Ebola crisis here at home.

Nov 4, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Quarantines for Everyone!

Quarantines for Everyone! Quarantines for Everyone!

We can't take any chances.

Nov 3, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

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