Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow
There is something eerily disquieting about Antarctica, where humanity isn’t capable of enduring long.
How the Study of History Can Contribute to Global Citizenship How the Study of History Can Contribute to Global Citizenship
We can truly know only that which we have made: human history.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stanislao G. Pugliese
Homage to a Creative Elder Homage to a Creative Elder
My Tante Rezia was a patron of the arts, one of those silent supporters that every family, every artist, has and needs but rarely acknowledges.
Jan 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Edwidge Danticat
The Nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense The Nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense
Opponents think that Hagel should Be more respectful of Likud. And on Iran, whose nuke we’re battling, He’s shown no zest for saber rattling. The first fight for this loyal lieutenant Won’t be abroad but in the Senate.
Jan 9, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
An Alternative to Austerity An Alternative to Austerity
In the looming debt-ceiling fight, progressives must make the case for protecting social programs, raising revenues and cutting the Pentagon budget.
Jan 9, 2013 / The Editors
Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners? Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners?
Cases like that of Weldon Angelos, who was given a fifty-five-year sentence for selling marijuana, cry out for mercy. But calls for clemency have fallen on deaf ears.
Jan 9, 2013 / Sasha Abramsky
Noted Noted
Christie Thompson on the Wilmington Ten, Greg Mitchell on Al Jazeera America, Aura Bogado on Idle No More, John Nichols on Gerda Lerner
Jan 9, 2013 / Various Contributors
The Triumph of the Far Right in Israel The Triumph of the Far Right in Israel
The upcoming Knesset elections mark the culmination of settler dominance over the country's politics.
Jan 9, 2013 / Noam Sheizaf
Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins
Three years after the earthquake, 350,000 are still living in refugee camps, while millions in aid money is lavished on a tourist hotel.
Jan 9, 2013 / Feature / Amy Wilentz
How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1) How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 1)
The turn in American firearms culture from the province of sportsman to one of macho revenge fantasies started in the 1960s.
Jan 9, 2013 / Rick Perlstein