Analysis

Letter from Oaxaca

If there’s one experience that Mexicans have in common more than any other, more even than hatred and repudiation of the mutual violence of the narcos and the government, it’s migration.

David BaconOctober 24, 2011

AnalysisBusiness, Technology

The homepage of LittleSis proclaims it the opposite of Big Brother, “a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.” Its creators call it an involuntary Facebook for powerful people…

Erika EichelbergerOctober 21, 2011

AnalysisWorld

Birthright bites back

Just months after The Investigative Fund and The Nation published the first in-depth exposé of Birthright Israel, the free educational tours of Israel offered to young Jews abroad, comes the announcement of a press junket, designed to woo reporters who also just happen to be Birthright alums.

Esther KaplanSeptember 20, 2011

AnalysisJustice

Fear, Inc: Anatomy of an Anti-Islam Epidemic

Fear sells, and it is a solid business. Institutions, movements, and careers have been built around addressing that fear, too. But there are more subtle political lessons to be drawn from Fear, Inc., a new report from the Center for American Progress.

Meg StalcupSeptember 15, 2011

AnalysisJustice

The Girl from Trails End

By March of 2011, the news was everywhere: An 11-year-old girl had been gang raped by eighteen (now known to be nineteen) teenagers and men, ranging in age from 16 to 27, in the East Texas town of Cleveland.

Onnesha RoychoudhuriSeptember 14, 2011

AnalysisWorld

Dining with a Sheik

Sheik Mohammed Farahat was waiting patiently for me when we met for dinner recently in downtown Cairo. He is a prominent Salafi cleric, which means he and his followers interpret Islam with a rather antique set of reference points…

Stephen GlainAugust 25, 2011

AnalysisBusiness

Small-Town Papers in Big League

In the world of American journalism, doom and gloom are the visitors who have overstayed their welcome so long they look like they’re here to stay.

Jayati VoraJuly 20, 2011

AnalysisBusiness, Politics

Smart ALEC’s Dummy Legislation

The strangest thing about conspiracy theories? They sometimes turn out to be true. This past week, documentation has emerged revealing the extent to which private companies are dictating current legislation…

Onnesha RoychoudhuriJuly 19, 2011

AnalysisBusiness, Politics

Will Obama Fight for Post-Warren Consumer Bureau?

In a Nation article last month, “Disarming the Consumer Cop,” I reported how the bank lobby and its Republican allies in Congress were trying to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Ari BermanJuly 18, 2011

AnalysisBusiness, Politics

Elizabeth Warren’s Summer Grilling

Obama’s financial reform expert is hauled up to Capitol Hill (again) to defend the new agency she helped create. Gary Rivlin gives the blow-by-blow.

Gary RivlinJuly 14, 2011

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