RORY: Just point and think. AMY: But what do I think? — Doctor Who, “Let’s Kill Hitler.” It’s usually hard to pinpoint the exact moment when a beloved TV series goes off the rails. Fans...
Esi Edugyan’s Half Blood Blues (Serpent’s Tail, 2011) is one of the more outstanding entries on this year’s Booker Prize longlist. A lyrical, complex, layered narrative of friendship, betrayal,...
If you live in a northeastern state, you have probably seen picketers clad in red over the past couple of weeks. These were union members who were on strike against their employer, Verizon. That...
There was much celebrating yesterday as rebel forces, aided by increased NATO surveillance, moved into Tripoli. Though fighting continues in pockets throughout Tripoli—most notably over Gaddafi’s...
In February, the world watched in awe as Egyptians converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square to peacefully overthrow the autocratic regime of Hosni Mubarak. The previous overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia...
Last month, Frontline in association with KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting produced a half hour special, 'The Pot Republic,' probing into the state of marijuana in California. Their...
The 2012 American election is a long way away. And yet, feminists are already tired of pointing out that people have been sexist in their treatment of Michele Bachmann. The relationship of feminists...
Yesterday, 255 affiliates of the progressive organization, Moveon.org, held rallies throughout the United States to protest recent debt ceiling deal cuts and call for “jobs not cuts.” Most of...
In 2001, Argentina was in the middle of a very serious social and economic turmoil. The population had seen their pensions taken away or reduced to amounts that could barely cover basic living...
Apparently the 80s are back in vogue, again. With a Tory government sitting in Parliament--or rather, holidaying in Tuscany as David Cameron was--rioting is again occurring on the streets of London....