Putting Stories Into the World Putting Stories Into the World
Nathan Englander’s play, The Twenty-Seventh Man, focuses on the moment that Yiddish culture in Russia died a sudden and unnatural death.
Jan 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
In South Africa, A Liberal Abortion Law Doesn’t Guarantee Access In South Africa, A Liberal Abortion Law Doesn’t Guarantee Access
Long waits and too few providers are consigning more and more women to illegal abortions.
Dec 31, 2012 / Feature / Jina Moore and Estelle Ellis
Blowback in the Pacific Blowback in the Pacific
The US military’s “Pacific Pivot” is raising tensions with China and prompting local resistance.
Dec 31, 2012 / Feature / Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander
The Revolution Added Two Years: On Cairo The Revolution Added Two Years: On Cairo
How the neoliberal urban development schemes of the Mubarak regime have gained new life under the Muslim Brotherhood.
Dec 31, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Deknatel
Newtown, Afghanistan Newtown, Afghanistan
Isn't a slaughtered child is a slaughtered child, regardless of where they come from?
Dec 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers
Protestors in Argentina hope international pressure can end Walmart's union-busting in the US.
Dec 21, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown? Are the US and Israel Heading For a Showdown?
At long last, this may be the year Washington puts the brakes on Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian lands.
Dec 20, 2012 / Ira Chernus
Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying? Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying?
When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and wh...
Dec 19, 2012 / Marcy Wheeler
Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley
How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Link Between USC and Garment Worker Factory Fires The Link Between USC and Garment Worker Factory Fires
Student activists are pointing out that one of USC's apparel monitors failed to address fire safety hazards that led to 289 deaths in Pakistan.
Dec 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Maria Rodriguez and Sarah Newell