Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/11/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/11/13
This week: a new editor for Granma, a botched raid on al-Shabab in Somalia, and the impact of the government shutdown on Hurricane Sandy victims.
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Twilight of Mayor Bloomberg’s Billionaires? The Twilight of Mayor Bloomberg’s Billionaires?
NYC's elite don't necessarily take to well to de Blasio, many of them are Bloomberg's friends.
Oct 10, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Blueprints for a New Economy Blueprints for a New Economy
Advocates for deep changes to our economic and political systems are turning to earlier movements for inspiration.
Oct 10, 2013 / Rachel Plattus and Eli Feghali
A Grim Report on Press Freedoms Under Obama A Grim Report on Press Freedoms Under Obama
An investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists concludes that the president has presided over an unprecedented campaign to control the media.
Oct 10, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
A Progressive, Pro-Labor Party Blooms With de Blasio A Progressive, Pro-Labor Party Blooms With de Blasio
If Bill de Blasio wins the NYC mayoral race (and he will), expect to hear more from the Working Families Party.
Oct 9, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew 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.
Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
President Obama and ‘The Onion’ Unite on Changing the Redskins’ Name President Obama and ‘The Onion’ Unite on Changing the Redskins’ Name
President Obama told AP he’d “think about changing” any name “that was offending a sizable group of people.”
Oct 9, 2013 / Dave Zirin
The Notorious Life of a Nineteenth-Century Abortionist 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.
Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Like Jon Stewart, Joe Lhota Aids the Tea Party ‘Crazies’ on Obamacare Like Jon Stewart, Joe Lhota Aids the Tea Party ‘Crazies’ on Obamacare
Stewart and Lohota both find the individual mandate so confusing, they're willing to forestall some of the ACA’s most potent policy.
Oct 8, 2013 / Leslie Savan
The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women
The House stood and applauded the shooting death of Miriam Carey, further perpetuating the idea that black women’s lives are not worth as much as others.
Oct 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith