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Rebel Towns

Call it municipal disobedience: communities like Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, are defying laws they deem illegitimate.

Barry Yeoman

The Antiwar Case for Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel is no leftist. But he has stood up to AIPAC, the defense industry and the neocons.

Phyllis Bennis

The Real American War in Vietnam

In his new book Kill Anything That Moves, Nick Turse shows that what were often presented as isolated atrocities were in fact the norm.

Jonathan Schell

China’s Green Leap Backward

The latest trend toward fossil fuels is dangerous for the entire planet, since China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

Lucia Green-Weiskel

This Is ‘Roe’ at 40

After taking some hits, the movement for abortion rights is pushing back—and has some new tricks up its sleeve.

The Editors

Noted

Tana Ganeva on the Homeless Bill Of Rights, Ryan Devereaux on an anti-stop-and-frisk ruling, Jessica Valenti on American rape culture.

Various Contributors

Rape in the ‘New India’

Exploding the myth of the “two Indias,” the brutal attacks on women have shown that there is only one, where social Darwinism reigns. 

Lakshmi Chaudhry

America’s New Cold War With Russia

Obama, Congress and the media continue their dangerous, one-dimensional approach.

Stephen F. Cohen

Results of a Survey Asking the American People How They Feel About the Unending Discussion of the Fiscal Cliff, the Debt Ceiling, Restructuring Entitlements, Revenue Versus Spending, Etc., Etc., Etc.

Calvin Trillin

The Message and the Meaning: Is ‘Pro-choice’ Passé?

Planned Parenthood has concluded that “choice” is not always the best rallying cry. But it can still pack a punch.

Katha Pollitt

Guns, Democracy and the Supreme Court

The Roberts Court has shifted away from the very collective values and ideas that will be necessary to enact—and uphold—crucial policies on guns and mental health.

Patricia J. Williams

The Real American War in Vietnam

In his new book Kill Anything That Moves, Nick Turse shows that what were often presented as isolated atrocities were in fact the norm.

Jonathan Schell

Among the Blasphemers: On Salman Rushdie

Joseph Anton is a tale of betrayals: of free speech, communities, religion, marriages, personal convictions, friends.

Laila Lalami

Shelf Life

Lucia Perillo’s On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths.

Stephen Burt

Nine Years in One Day: On Haiti

The tension between the personal and the political permeates new books on Haiti by Amy Wilentz and Jonathan M. Katz.

Madison Smartt Bell

Exchange

Our Readers and L.R. Runner

Puzzle No. 3268

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

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto