
The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy
It didn’t work for Republicans in this election—but their war on voting is far from dead.
Nov 20, 2012 / Ari Berman

Israel’s War on Gaza Israel’s War on Gaza
As with Operation Cast Lead, Washington is directly complicit—and this time, Israel can argue it’s merely channeling US drone assassination policy.
Nov 20, 2012 / Phyllis Bennis
Noted Noted
David Sarasohn on the Native American vote, Elisa Wouk Almino and Jeff Ernsthausen on the push for Puerto Rican statehood.
Nov 20, 2012 / Various Contributors

Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests
You know you’re in trouble when the master of structural adjustment says enough is enough.
Nov 20, 2012 / Andy Robinson

Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded
If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?
Nov 20, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Mitt Romney Explains Why He Lost Mitt Romney Explains Why He Lost
Obama was clever as clever could be; To targeted groups he gave gifts that were free: Say, healthcare for free until age 26, And free contraceptives (for sex just for kicks). Debates in the primaries left our team bruised From harsh accusations the White House then used. Whatever the reason for losing might be, Of one thing I’m sure: it could not have been me. I’m perfect.
Nov 20, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Remember Savita Halappanavar Remember Savita Halappanavar
Her death is a warning: It could happen here.
Nov 20, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Writing Without a Mattress: On Louise Glück Writing Without a Mattress: On Louise Glück
Louise Glück’s poems aim to get to the bottom of her experience without making an idol of “reality” or brute suffering.
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Robert Boyers
Ragged, Unkempt, Strange: On William Faulkner Ragged, Unkempt, Strange: On William Faulkner
For all the ways it is rife with tenderness, fury and ugliness, William Faulkner’s fiction is stubbornly persistent in its artistry.
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
Indian Song Indian Song
The stone is hard The stamen & pistil of this flower yet wild yet near The city street is dark This hand, these lips The stone is hard the city street dark The wild woodlands break out open upon the subterranean plains yet wild yet near The city is dark
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Ceravolo