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After ‘Citizens United’: The Attack of the Super PACs

These new political monsters have let loose an avalanche of scorched-earth, negative campaign ads—and enriched TV stations in the process.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

Let’s Get Congress Working

It’s time to tackle the root problem: subservience to corporate and financial powers.

James Lardner

Making Cities Matter

John Lindsay’s New York—and what it can teach us about neglected urban problems.

Joseph P. Viteritti

The Wicked Art of Caricature

Five centuries of political pans by a lot of old masters and a few new ones, on exhibit at the Met.

Edward Sorel

What ‘Right to Work’ Means for Indiana’s Workers: A Pay Cut

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.

Gordon Lafer

Dump ‘Citizens United’!

We need a constitutional amendment to stem the flood of corporate money that’s poisoning our democracy.

The Editors

Why Are Republicans Attacking ‘Vulture Capitalism’?

Sniping by Perry and Gingrich is opportunistic. But with capitalism in crisis, it reflects a deeper insecurity among conservatives.

William Greider

Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’

The swirl of controversy over Jodi Kantor’s biography reflects deep cultural anxieties about the limits we place on women in power.

Ilyse Hogue

Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt’s Future

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has replaced Hosni Mubarak as the force that rules Egypt with an iron fist. As January 25 approaches, the revolution is not over.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

An Explanation of Gingrich’s Ad Accusing Romney of Being Able to Speak French

Calvin Trillin

Ron Paul, Take Two

It’s true that Paul has brought important issues to the national debate. It’s also true that he’s a reactionary crank.
 

Katha Pollitt

Our Dangerous Devotion to Eyewitness Testimony

From Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses to crime scenes get it wrong too often. So why did the Supreme Court just make it harder to challenge such evidence in court?

Patricia J. Williams

Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’

The swirl of controversy over Jodi Kantor’s biography reflects deep cultural anxieties about the limits we place on women in power.

Ilyse Hogue

The Wicked Art of Caricature

Five centuries of political pans by a lot of old masters and a few new ones, on exhibit at the Met.

Edward Sorel

All that Lore: On James Wolcott

The critic James Wolcott has been gamely fighting losing battles for most of his career.

Leo Robson

Shelf Life

Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, Peter Van Buren’s We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.

Alexandra Schwartz

Fair and Balanced: On Copyright and Fair Use

Have copyright laws failed?

Caleb Crain

Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett

In Assumption a murder mystery becomes a lesson in how much we do not know.

Laila Lalami

Letters

Reading, ’Riting, ’Rithmetic, and R&D

Our Readers and Lee Fang

Puzzle No. 3224

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto