Letters Letters
Waiting for snow in Havana… Rough Rider… Kreitner replies… lowlifes prowl the Net… pri$on$ for profit…
Oct 28, 2014 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener
Thousands of African migrants live in camps in Morocco, just feet away from the luxe Spanish enclave of Melilla, separated from a better life by a nineteen-foot-high border fence. On October 22, twenty migrants made it over, while seventy others were caught on the fence and remained there for hours as white-clad golfers teed off.
Oct 28, 2014 / José Palazón
Misguided Media Hysteria Pervades the 24/7 News Cycle Misguided Media Hysteria Pervades the 24/7 News Cycle
Eric on this week in theater and music and Reed on how the media’s ratings-driven hysterics is warping Ebola coverage.
Oct 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady The Campaign to Gut the Right to Abortion in Tennessee Is Getting Shady
Anti-abortion groups are using fear, misinformation and possibly even illegal meddling at the polls to push a constitutional amendment that would open the door to restrictive legis...
Oct 28, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?
Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.
Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov
Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life Trauma, Death, and Forgiveness on the Front Lines of American Life
How a surgeon copes with deaths of young Americans from gunshot wounds, and why a mother chose to forgive her son's killer.
Oct 28, 2014 / Studs Terkel
Did Sheldon Adelson Just Up the Ante on Scott Walker’s Behalf? Did Sheldon Adelson Just Up the Ante on Scott Walker’s Behalf?
With campaign-finance rules collapsing, a billionaire moves last-minute money to Wisconsin Republicans.
Oct 28, 2014 / John Nichols
Joan Jett Gets Out the Vote Joan Jett Gets Out the Vote
Political art collective Department of Peace's new Get Out the Vote campaign stars Joan Jett in a call to young voters.
Oct 28, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
Other Dangerous Epidemics in America Other Dangerous Epidemics in America
Ebola ain't the half of it.
Oct 27, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
‘We’re Turning Our Back on the Most Important Civil Rights Law That’s Ever Been Passed’ ‘We’re Turning Our Back on the Most Important Civil Rights Law That’s Ever Been Passed’
Watch Ari Berman speak to Bill Moyers about the restrictive voter ID law in Texas.
Oct 27, 2014 / Ari Berman