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The Genius of Cecile Richards

How, exactly, did she turn a relentless right-wing assault into a source of renewed political power for Planned Parenthood?

Elizabeth Mitchell

The Fox News Effect

This is your brain on two weeks of non-stop Fox News.

Marvin Kitman

The Enigma of Bhutan

Two decades ago, nearly one-sixth of the population was forcibly expelled. How did King Wangchuck escape any real censure?

Kai Bird

The US, Israel and Iran

Obama foiled Netanyahu’s attempt to browbeat Washington into war. But the White House needs a new strategic approach.

The Editors

Can Anyone Rein in the NYPD’s Spies?

Outrage over the surveillance of Muslim communities must be channeled into pressure to investigate—and end—the federally funded program.

The Editors

Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional

The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.

David Cole

Japan’s New Antinuke Activism

After the Fukushima disaster, a new generation has drawn inspiration from the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.

Eric Ozawa

Contraception (of All Things)

Calvin Trillin

Lessons From Fukushima, One Year Later

No matter how appalling the catastrophe, the nuclear industry will insist on the safety of nuclear power.

Alexander Cockburn

Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai

Bad things happen when laws to protect fetuses are turned against the women who carry them.

Katha Pollitt

Till the Knowing Ends: On William Gass

In Life Sentences, William Gass shows that consciousness needs to be stressed to be strengthened.

Joanna Scott

Faces out of the Crowd: On the Renaissance Portrait

How Renaissance painters brought human presence to the fore.

Barry Schwabsky

The Uprooted

A new history of Europe’s postwar world and its displaced persons.

Holly Case

Exchange

A bowlful of vinegar.

Our Readers and Bernard Avishai

Puzzle No. 3230

And check out Kosman and Picciotto’s new crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto