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In California and Beyond, Voters Say Yes to Higher Taxes, Better Services

Local and state governments are gaining the ability to restore basic services and infrastructure.

Sasha Abramsky

The Truth About Grover Norquist

The man renowned as an anti-tax ideologue is actually a typical K Street operator.

Lee Fang

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.

Jina Moore and Estelle Ellis

Blowback in the Pacific

The US military’s “Pacific Pivot” is raising tensions with China and prompting local resistance.

Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander

Tough Questions for John Kerry

Here are just a few things the Foreign Relations Committee should be asking Obama’s nominee for secretary of state.

The Editors

Gun Control and Congress

Democrats introduced a gun control bill on the first day of the new Congress. But can they overcome the NRA?

George Zornick

Noted

John Nichols on our unelected senators, Robert Dreyfuss on the Newtowns in Afghanistan, Natasja Sheriff on suicides in Tibet, Preston L. Schiller on Jane Holtz Kay

Various Contributors

Blocking VAWA, The GOP Keeps Up the War on Women

Refusing to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, Republicans are leaving rape victims with few options.

Erika Eichelberger

Obama’s Federal Judiciary Failures

Republicans have been blocking Obama's nominations—but the president’s refusal to fight back is part of the problem.

Herman Schwartz

The ‘New York Post’ Calls Wayne LaPierre a Nut

Calvin Trillin

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.

Eric Alterman

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.

Eric Alterman

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.

Frederick Deknatel

Off-Key: On Paul Elie

Can recordings of classical music ever be in concert with concert hall performances?

Michael O’Donnell

written on a paper bag

Jess Mynes

Shelf Life

Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie; Andrey Platonov’s Happy Moscow

Aaron Thier

Letters

Our Readers, Eric Alterman, Phyllis Bennis and Thomas Meaney

Puzzle No. 3266

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto