Feel the Burn: Making the 2012 Heat Wave Matter
This scorching summer could be a global warming landmark—if we demand climate action from our leaders.
Print Magazine
August 13-20, 2012 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
Alexander Cockburn: He Beat the Devil
The Nation’s longest-running columnist was a witty, brilliant, coruscating presence in our pages for almost thirty years.
Noted
John Nichols on Romney’s Libor pals, George Zornick on Colorado’s gun laws, Michael Z. Youhana on WikiLeaks in Gua...
Remembering Alex
For what the ancients called avarice and iniquity, Alex’s hate was pure. No writer had a deadlier sting against the corruptions of empire.
Column
Let’s Just Say It: The Republicans AND the Media Are the Problem
No wonder the public remains so misinformed, as bigfoot pundits not only whitewash Republican extremism but paint Obama’s soggy centrism in false hues as its ideological e...
With Aurora, Another Mass Killing Shocks America. Why?
James Holmes’s rampage was horrifying, but it was not unfathomable.
Letters
Feature
WikiLeaks Colombia: Gossip and Counterinsurgency
From trivial matters to border tension with Hugo Chávez, Cablegate was a mixed bag of revelations for Colombians.
Latin America After Cablegate: What Changed?
A discussion on the WikiLeaks legacy, from Argentina to Peru.
Peter Kornbluh and Gustavo Gorriti and Santiago O’Donnell and Francisca Skoknic
Books & the Arts
For Real: Torture America Style
Institutionalized torture says not look what we can do, but look what we disown, what only the bad apples among us require.
Living With Disjunction: Manifesta 9 and Documenta 13
Steeped in anthropology and art history, this summer’s big shows are occasions for talk instead of exploring art that reaches the unsaid.
Shelf Life
Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street; Vera Farmiga’s Higher Ground; John Cassavetes’s Too Late Blues
