October 2014 Volume 38, Issue 10

October 2014

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Viewpoint

Why Vote in 2014 Joel Bleifuss

Christmas Comes Early for War Profiteers Leonard C. Goodman

#BlackTwitter and the Revolutionary Power of Horizontal Networks Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Jesse Jackson Keeps Pushing Joel Bleifuss

7 Politicians Who Are Actually Talking About Inequality David Moberg

It’s the Inequality, Stupid David Moberg

Failing the Midterms Chris Lehmann

From Watts to Ferguson Rick Perlstein

The James Foley I Knew Jeremy Gantz

The Tamale Underground Rebecca Burns

Dispatch

Activist Pressure Keeps Walgreen’s HQ—And Nearly $4 Billion in Taxes—In U.S. Dan Staggs

Chicago’s Cop Watchers Kari Lydersen

Policing After Ferguson Jessica Stites

New Hampshire Rebellion Theo Anderson

Culture

Portrait of a Husband, Father and Genocidal Butcher Michael Atkinson

David Bowie’s Radicalism Sarah Jaffe

The Rats of Patna Amitava Kumar

Colonial State of America Jeremy Gantz

Jesse Jackson Keeps Pushing

30 years after his first presidential run, Jackson talks Obama, Civil Rights and the black vote.

Joel Bleifuss

7 Politicians Who Are Actually Talking About Inequality

A few lone voices in Congress are putting economic populism front and center.

David Moberg

It’s the Inequality, Stupid

How to frame the 'defining challenge of our time.'

David Moberg

Failing the Midterms

The Democrats can't win by cutting class.

Chris Lehmann

From Watts to Ferguson

The riot is still 'the language of the unheard.'

Rick Perlstein

The James Foley I Knew

A great journalist, a better friend.

Jeremy Gantz

The Tamale Underground

Street vendors must skirt the law to make a living.

Rebecca Burns

Portrait of a Husband, Father and Genocidal Butcher

Heading the SS didn't excuse Heinrich Himmler from his fatherly duties.

Michael Atkinson

Activist Pressure Keeps Walgreen’s HQ—And Nearly $4 Billion in Taxes—In U.S.

Thanks to activists, Walgreens execs cancel their Switzerland-bound flights.

David Bowie’s Radicalism

The artist blew our minds wide open.

The Rats of Patna

A modest proposal.

Colonial State of America

In a new book, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz unearths our bloody origins.

Why Vote in 2014

As Ferguson shows, people need a reason to think their vote matters. Here's one.

Chicago’s Cop Watchers

Youth stand up to police violence.

Policing After Ferguson

Can we stop the brutality?

Christmas Comes Early for War Profiteers

It's a wonderful time in history to be an arms dealer.

Leonard C. Goodman

New Hampshire Rebellion

Activists march for campaign-finance reform in the Granite State.

#BlackTwitter and the Revolutionary Power of Horizontal Networks

The online reaction to Ferguson shows the importance of 'mass self-communication' that isn't controlled by government or corporations.

Susan J. Douglas

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