Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional
The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.
Mar 7, 2012 / David Cole
Japan’s New Antinuke Activism Japan’s New Antinuke Activism
After the Fukushima disaster, a new generation has drawn inspiration from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.
Mar 7, 2012 / Eric Ozawa
The Genius of Cecile Richards The Genius of Cecile Richards
How, exactly, did she turn a relentless right-wing assault into a source of renewed political power for Planned Parenthood?
Mar 7, 2012 / Feature / Elizabeth Mitchell
The Fox News Effect The Fox News Effect
This is your brain on two weeks of non-stop Fox News.
Mar 7, 2012 / Feature / Marvin Kitman
The Enigma of Bhutan The Enigma of Bhutan
Two decades ago, nearly one-sixth of the population was forcibly expelled. How did King Wangchuck escape any real censure?
Contraception (of All Things) Contraception (of All Things)
Republicans are bashing birth control, As candidates far-rightward scurry. The voters haven’t heard such talk in years. We’re going backward in a hurry.
Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later
No matter how appalling the catastrophe, the nuclear industry will insist on the safety of nuclear power.
Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai
Bad things happen when laws to protect fetuses are turned against the women who carry them.
Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Till the Knowing Ends: On William Gass Till the Knowing Ends: On William Gass
In Life Sentences, William Gass shows that consciousness needs to be stressed to be strengthened.
Mar 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait
How Renaissance painters brought human presence to the fore.
Mar 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky