Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans
Seven years after Katrina, poor people accused of crimes are being denied their right to counsel and left to languish behind bars.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Karen Houppert
The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee
Corporate sponsorship is undermining a wide network of democratic, farmer-owned co-ops.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Scott Sherman
Ayn Rand Ayn Rand
(Sung to the tune of “Blue Moon”) Paul Ryan has said that the writings of Ayn Rand were what inspired him to go into public life. —News reports Ayn Rand Because of you I’m now free. Because of what you have taught, I know it’s all about me. Ayn Rand You taught we should be ambitious, And strive to be avaricious, Since money’s truly delicious. And we shouldn’t share a nickel of this money With citizens who can’t prevail. The government is not the Easter Bunny. The poor are weaklings who deserved to fail. Ayn Rand Before you I was immobile But then you taught me to know That being selfish is noble.
Aug 22, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Paul Ryan: The Man Who Wasn’t There Paul Ryan: The Man Who Wasn’t There
How the pundit class is turning a right-wing ideologue into a bold intellectual—and framing the election.
Aug 22, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Paul Ryan Goddam! Paul Ryan Goddam!
It’s time to update Nina Simone's iconic song title—the GOP veep candidate is just as extreme on women’s health and rights as he is on economics.
Aug 22, 2012 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Tom Engelhardt: How Did the US President Become the Assassin-in-Chief? Tom Engelhardt: How Did the US President Become the Assassin-in-Chief?
Drones have regularized a program of assassinations.
Aug 22, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform GOP Convention Will Formally Endorse the Todd Akin Platform
Will Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan distance themselves from the new Republican platform, as they have from Akin?
Aug 22, 2012 / John Nichols
How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts? How Did Coal-Rich India End Up With Power Blackouts?
For decades, the World Bank pushed privatization of the power industry and assumed that energy services would "trickle down" to the poor.
Aug 22, 2012 / Daphne Wysham
Israel’s Iran Threats: Blackmail by Suicide? Israel’s Iran Threats: Blackmail by Suicide?
Netanyahu isn’t going to bomb Iran. But his crazy threats may pay off.
Aug 22, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy Liehards: On Political Hypocrisy
Hard truths about lying in politics
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld