October 2014 Volume 38, Issue 10
October 2014
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
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
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
Culture
Portrait of a Husband, Father and Genocidal Butcher
Heading the SS didn't excuse Heinrich Himmler from his fatherly duties.
Michael Atkinson
Dispatch
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.
Dan Staggs
Culture
David Bowie’s Radicalism
The artist blew our minds wide open.
Sarah Jaffe
Culture
The Rats of Patna
A modest proposal.
Amitava Kumar
Culture
Colonial State of America
In a new book, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz unearths our bloody origins.
Jeremy Gantz
Viewpoint
Why Vote in 2014
As Ferguson shows, people need a reason to think their vote matters. Here's one.
Joel Bleifuss
Dispatch
Chicago’s Cop Watchers
Youth stand up to police violence.
Kari Lydersen
Dispatch
Policing After Ferguson
Can we stop the brutality?
Jessica Stites
Viewpoint
Christmas Comes Early for War Profiteers
It's a wonderful time in history to be an arms dealer.
Leonard C. Goodman
Dispatch
New Hampshire Rebellion
Activists march for campaign-finance reform in the Granite State.
Theo Anderson
Viewpoint
#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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