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To Magazines!

To Magazines! To Magazines!

Newsweek is out of print and other magazines have drastically cut back, but titles like Mother Jones, The Nation and now The New Republic are carrying the ...

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Lonely Spot in a Lonely War A Lonely Spot in a Lonely War

Eric on Neil Young and Reed on Jake Tapper's Afghanistan book.

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets

Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets

The agreement is designed to resolve Walmart’s allegations that workers’ Black Friday protests were illegal.

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Why Liz Lemon Mattered

Why Liz Lemon Mattered Why Liz Lemon Mattered

Liz Lemon wasn’t the perfect feminist role model, which made her perfect for The Way Women Are Now.

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean

On the Routine Criminalization of America’s Black and Brown Youth

On the Routine Criminalization of America’s Black and Brown Youth On the Routine Criminalization of America’s Black and Brown Youth

We create images of monsters and then wonder why people go out slaying them.

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

NYU Program Makes Palestinians and Israelis Roommates NYU Program Makes Palestinians and Israelis Roommates

One young Palestinian woman explains the program that has brought eight students to NYU to share a bedroom with a student from the opposite territory, and spend twice a week in dia...

Jan 31, 2013 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin and StudentNation

‘The Americans’: Soviet Spies on Cable TV

‘The Americans’: Soviet Spies on Cable TV ‘The Americans’: Soviet Spies on Cable TV

“Implausible” is too generous a word for this show.

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener

E-Mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Lobbied For Businesses, Including One Tied To Bush

E-Mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Lobbied For Businesses, Including One Tied To Bush E-Mails Show Jeb Bush Foundation Lobbied For Businesses, Including One Tied To Bush

Newly released e-mails show the former governor's foundation quietly promoted his corporate partners, including a company he's invested in. 

Jan 31, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film

‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film

The film’s torture scenes do not excuse or glorify torture; they do something worse: draw the audience into accommodating it.

Jan 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

ERA: Once More Unto the Breach?

ERA: Once More Unto the Breach? ERA: Once More Unto the Breach?

Now that women will be on the front lines in combat, maybe the country is finally ready to put gender equality in the Constitution.

Jan 30, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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