Democracy Imperiled in Greece
Leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras is pressing a smart campaign to end austerity. But it may be too late—the oligarchs and neo-Nazis are sharpening their knives.
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February 18, 2013 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Editorial
Starbucks Tycoon Bullies the Baristas
CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t like unions. But he’s happy to coerce his low-paid workers into joining a phony austerity campaign.
Noted
Judith Long on Jane Sharples, Allison Kilkenny on the fight for Philly’s schools
‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film
The film’s torture scenes do not excuse or glorify torture; they do something worse: draw the audience into accommodating it.
Column
ERA: Once More Unto the Breach?
Now that women will be on the front lines in combat, maybe the country is finally ready to put gender equality in the Constitution.
Letters
Safety Net: On Thomas Bernhard and Siegfried Unseld
In his writing and life, Thomas Bernhard led a charge in the opposite direction. His publisher always broke his fall.
Feature
Movements Making Noise
The early twenty-first century will be remembered as an era of tumult and protest.
Dreamers Fight Deportations
While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.
Climate Activists Put the Heat on Obama
Awaiting a Keystone decision, environmentalists make a historic vow to engage in mass civil disobedience.
Demanding Women
After the 2012 elections, women in Washington have a long to-do list—and it doesn’t stop at reproductive rights.
Who Will Legalize Pot Next?
After election day victories in Colorado and Washington, marijuana legalization activists are gearing up for more.
The Election Reform Moment?
The good news is that things have gotten so bad, almost everyone agrees we need to make big changes.
Books & the Arts
‘Zero Dark Thirty’, Snuff Film
The film’s torture scenes do not excuse or glorify torture; they do something worse: draw the audience into accommodating it.
Safety Net: On Thomas Bernhard and Siegfried Unseld
In his writing and life, Thomas Bernhard led a charge in the opposite direction. His publisher always broke his fall.
Diagram This: On Adrienne Rich
A new collection of Adrienne Rich’s poems does not show her at her best.
