Civil Society at Ground Zero Civil Society at Ground Zero
Occupy Wall Street has exposed a system that regards people as disposable, but not usually so literally.
Nov 22, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
Obama’s Dumb New Sanctions on Iran Obama’s Dumb New Sanctions on Iran
Doubliing down on a failed (and counterproductive) strategy.
Nov 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
President Obama: Protect Students President Obama: Protect Students
An urgent plea from an undergraduate Occupy activist.
Nov 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America
Extreme Israel hawks are increasingly just another part of the right-wing coalition.
Nov 22, 2011 / Ben Adler
Beattitudes: On Ann Beattie Beattitudes: On Ann Beattie
Ann Beattie is an artist of the things we don’t say, or can’t, and that find expression anyway.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald Mac the Knife: On Dwight Macdonald
Dwight Macdonald’s panic about Midcult now seems less prescient than misplaced.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Szalai
Erosion: On Errol Morris Erosion: On Errol Morris
Why does Errol Morris cling to a model of documentary photography eighty years out of date?
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Zoned: On the European Union Zoned: On the European Union
The European Union exists in a no-man’s-land between democracy and technocracy.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell
Obscure Objects of Desire: On Jeffrey Eugenides Obscure Objects of Desire: On Jeffrey Eugenides
In The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides can’t explain what happens to his characters without throwing in every last why.
Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Alexandra Schwartz
The Erin Brockovich of East LA The Erin Brockovich of East LA
When Martha Sanchez became a community organizer, the paint-cleaning company that was polluting her neighborhood and sickening local children met its match.
Nov 22, 2011 / Sasha Abramsky