March 2012 Volume 36, Issue 03

March 2012

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Viewpoint

A Broken Writ, a Kangaroo Court Leonard C. Goodman

Paula Deen: This Little Piggy Went to Market Terry J. Allen

Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem Susan J. Douglas

When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Revolution Springs Eternal for Eric Hobsbawm Jane Miller

Oligarchy in the U.S.A. Jeffrey A. Winters

United Citizens vs. Citizens United Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Dispatch

Argentina’s Pulp Fiction: Grupo Clarín and Freedom of the Press Julie Turkewitz

In Search of the Anti-Walker Liz Novak

Managing Dissent in Chicago Jeremy Gantz

2014 World Cup Match: FIFA-1, Brazil-? Rebecca Burns

Culture

There Will Be Paranoia Steve Weinberg

The Second Coming of El Papa to Cuba Samuel Farber

W.W.I: The War That Begat Another Eve Ottenberg

Lifting the Veil on Iranian Censors Michael Atkinson

A Hipstamatic Moment Chris Lehmann

The Iron Lady’s Mad Shadow Jane Miller

Revolution Springs Eternal for Eric Hobsbawm

94-year-old historian Eric Hobsbawm is heartened by the Arab Spring.

Jane Miller

Oligarchy in the U.S.A.

The wealth defense industry protects the richest of the rich.

Jeffrey A. Winters

United Citizens vs. Citizens United

Two years after the infamous ruling, support builds for a constitutional amendment.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

There Will Be Paranoia

As long as there are dispossessed white people, there will be conspiracies.

The Second Coming of El Papa to Cuba

Pope Benedict XVI makes common cause with the Castro brothers.

A Broken Writ, a Kangaroo Court

Habeas corpus rights aren't intact in America. Just ask my Guantanamo detainee client.

Leonard C. Goodman

W.W.I: The War That Begat Another

The Lost History of 1914 shows how that year began to sow the seeds of Nazism.

Paula Deen: This Little Piggy Went to Market

Why the TV cooking celebrity waited three years to announce her diabetes.

Lifting the Veil on Iranian Censors

With A Separation, Asghar Farhadi artfully subverts Iran's reactionary big-screen rules.

Michael Atkinson

Argentina’s Pulp Fiction: Grupo Clarín and Freedom of the Press

A new law aiming to end a media monopoly is condemned by international news outlets.

Julie Turkewitz

Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem

He doesn't seem to like older women. They ought to take revenge at the ballot box.

Susan J. Douglas

A Hipstamatic Moment

Kodak is bankrupt. But we still crave the instant nostalgia that was once the company's hallmark.

The Iron Lady’s Mad Shadow

Margaret Thatcher's gut instincts influenced the next generation of politicians, from Blair to Bush.

In Search of the Anti-Walker

An election to recall Wis. Gov. Scott Walker is now certain. His opponent is not.

Managing Dissent in Chicago

As the G8/NATO summits approach, activists protest restrictive new rules--and prepare for the spotlight.

When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs

Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities.

2014 World Cup Match: FIFA-1, Brazil-?

The wealthy international soccer organization forces tax and labor-law exemptions on the next host of the games.

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