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Americans Are Working So Hard, It’s Actually Killing People

The jobless recovery means massive speedups for many workers you depend on.

Esther Kaplan

Edward Snowden: A ‘Nation’ Interview

In a wide-ranging conversation, he discusses the surveillance state, the American political system and the price he’s paid for his understanding of patriotism.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen

The Latest Debate Over Taxing the Rich Misses One Crucial Fact

Progressives have forgotten that taxes do more than just raise money.

Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

5 Books: Gabriella Coleman’s Best Reads on Hacking

These books are crucial background to the debate over Edward Snowden.

Gabriella Coleman

Finally, a Verdict on Blackwater’s Nisour Square Shooters

Accountability for the massacre in Iraq is a start—but we should also be talking about reducing reliance on private military contractors.

The Editors

Snapshot: The Grass Is Always Greener

José Palazón

Vote Working Families Party to Pressure Andrew Cuomo

In New York State, the best way to end corruption, reform politics and counter inequality is to keep the WFP strong.

The Editors

What Are Republican Donors Thinking?

Under Obama, the richer are richer than ever, but Wall Street isn’t repaying the favor.

Eric Alterman

How Racism Stole Black Childhood

People who are black and poor aren’t allowed to be young and irresponsible.

Gary Younge

Bushes, Led by W., Rally to Make Jeb ‘45’

                                        —Headline, The New York Times

Calvin Trillin

Drawing a Frame

In his music and his prose, Virgil Thomson perfected a whimsically deadpan sensibility.

James Longenbach

Strange History

John Lahr’s biography of Tennessee William gets mired down in psychoanalysis.

Julia M. Klein

Civilian Objects

Architecture lets us speak of the spoken indirectly.

Michael Sorkin

Algeria

Sylvie Baumgartel

Short Pop

Film and TV are plagued by duration creep. Just like work—or unemployment.

Joshua Clover

Letters

Waiting for snow in Havana… Rough Rider… Kreitner replies… lowlifes prowl the Net… pri$on$ for profit…

Our Readers and Richard Kreitner

Puzzle No. 3343

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

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto