November 2012

You Are Not A Loan

Is a debt strike the future of Occupy?

Trans Prisoners Fight Abuse

Trans prisoners and queer-rights groups protest unfair treatment behind bars.

Robin Hood Goes To Capitol Hill

Will Congress get serious about taxing financial transactions?

Big Money Can’t Buy You Memes

Can a grainy, amateur video, zooming through social media, trump slickly produced TV ads?

Rape, Then Red Tape

Military sexual assault victims struggle for recognition.

A Third-Party Breakthrough

The Working Families Party tips a race in upstate New York.

Karen Lewis Drops Knowledge

The Chicago Teachers Union president has the formula for change.

Back to School in the Bronx

In Fire in the Ashes, Kozol returns to the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx—“the poorest congressional district in the nation.”

Progressive Star of Texas

Beto O'Rourke is on his way to shake up Congress.

Fighting Voter Suppression

The battle for a basic civil right continues to rage.

Canvassers Gone Wired

Labor's get-out-the-vote efforts go digital.

A Poverty of Empathy

The GOP's social welfare philosophy dates back to 1818.

film

A Heathcliff We Haven't Seen Before

Crafty casting turns Wuthering Heights into a love story haunted by the guilt and ghosts of slavery.

art

After the Gold Rush

An artist turns a vacant house into a confrontational sculptural object.

books

Mothering Hypes

Jessica Valenti's new book debunks myths maternal.

The Ice Man, Radioactive

Harold Simmons: the GOP’s $50 million man.

Exit Signs

Rich Deserts

Our new cult of money ensures that breeding shall evermore speak to breeding.

From the Old Country

The Novels We Write For Ourselves

There's nothing objectionable about the new Anna Karenina film starring Keira Knightley. But she won't be my Anna.

Views

Voting for Obama with No Illusions

Four reasons to keep Obama in the White House and Romney out.

Public Defender

'A Giant Sucking Sound'

While Romney and Obama speechify, behind the scenes they continue to push policies that favor corporate profits over middle-class workers.

The First Stone

The War on Teachers: Pick a Side

In Chicago, the teachers' strike was hugely popular. In the national media, it was maligned.

Editorial

For the Welfare of All

The Left needs to proudly support social welfare.