Joshua Dratel: The Evaporation of American Political Dissent
March 22, 2012Is the anti-Occupy law fundamentally un-American?
Robert Reich: Why Mitt Won’t Be Able to Hide From His Primary Self
March 22, 2012Mitt Romney needs to learn that we’re no longer in an Etch-a-Sketch world.
Katie Ryder: Cindy Sherman and Her Visitors
March 21, 2012Cindy Sherman-esque conversations overheard at the Cindy Sherman MOMA exhibit.
Genevieve Walker: “Keith Haring: 1978-1982”
March 20, 2012Keith Haring—rockstar of the art world, New York City street artist, activist—is no longer a household name. Genevieve Walker reviews the exhibit designed to commemorate his legacy.
Strangers in the Dark: Tana Wojczuk Interviews John Guare
March 19, 2012American Playwright John Guare on Tennessee Williams, writing strong dialog, and discovering a New Orleans lost in history.
Karen J. Greenberg: The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror
March 18, 2012Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, on how the most important thing in Washington now is “messaging”, and how this affects Washington’s unnerving national security.
Majed Neisi: Kumandan Qurban and the Bus to Badakhshan
March 18, 2012An untold tale from the days of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
A Guernica Photographer Wins Best Photo Book of the Year
March 16, 2012The book of photographs by Rafal Milach, from which Guernica excerpted for our January art feature, have been named Best Photo Book by Pictures of the Year International.
March 16, 2012—Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
March 16, 2012Breaking news from the multi-partisan activist group.
Barbara Ehrenreich: Rediscovering Poverty
March 15, 2012How we cured the “culture of poverty” but not culture itself.
Carmen García Durazo: M.I.A.’s Controversial “Bad Girls” Video Will Do Nothing For Saudi Women
March 15, 2012M.I.A. likes to portray herself as a revolutionary, but if the “Bad Girls” video is any indication, she’s more interested in pandering to Western stereotypes of Arab countries.
Danny Thiemann: In Syria, “Holding a Camera is a Death Sentence”
March 14, 2012Danny Thiemann interviews the founders of the Syrian citizen-journalist movement.
Erik Raschke: A Dutch Dissonance
March 13, 2012The Dutch love to chide America on its unethical domestic policy—so it’s time they looked at their own.
Michael T. Klare: A Tough-Oil World
March 13, 2012Why 21st century oil will break the bank—and the planet.
Robert Reich: Why We Need a Surtax on the Super Wealthy
March 12, 2012With the wealth gap so large, shouldn’t we be aiming higher than a “Buffet tax” on the incomes of millionaires?
Stanley Greene: Nigerians Documenting Nigerians
March 12, 2012The famous documentary photographer on the importance of Nigerians archiving their own history.
Joy Lo Dico: Kneeling Towards Riyadh
March 12, 2012 |
For the British Museum, the preservers of cultural history, to omit items from an exhibition about the Hajj is at best negligent. |
Alex Halperin: Is Invisible Children for Real?
March 12, 2012 |
As of this writing, Kony 2012 has been on YouTube for seven days and has attracted more than 70 million viewers, but is the organization that created it telling the truth? |
Julia Cooke: “Are They Really Selling That Mirror As Art?”
March 12, 2012 |
Art fairs are like big, gaudy (AWP-ish) conferences. |
Tom Engelhardt: The 0 Percent Doctrine
March 12, 2012Obama breaks new ground when it comes to war with Iran.
Cora Currier: Charting Obama’s Crackdown on Leaks
March 12, 2012 |
Obama says he is protecting whistleblowers, but that might not apply to the people who are turning an eye on his government. |
Tana Wojczuk: Fukushima’s Nuclear Disaster Foretold In 1976
March 9, 2012The origins of the problems at Fukushima are far older and far more sinister.
Ann Jones: Green on Blue
March 8, 2012 |
Dead Americans, dead goats, and half a million gunmen on the loose. |
Eyal Press: Chilling Dissent on Wall Street
March 8, 2012 |
Whistleblowers: Washington’s friend or foe? |
Carl Elliott: Big Pharma Stands Strong, Funds “Research” Prizes
March 7, 2012 |
A look into the dark side of medicine. |
Guernica Contributor Tim Elhajj to Participate in Reading for Best Sex Writing 2012
March 7, 2012 |
Elhajj’s piece for Guernica was included for Best Sex Writing 2012. |
Carrie Hamilton: Excerpt From Sexual Revolutions in Cuba: Passion, Politics, and Memory
March 6, 2012 |
Guevara, Castro, love, and revolution in Cuba. |
Robert Reich: The Challenge of the Productivity Revolution
March 6, 2012 |
Bye bye American Pie: How the technology boom has impacted our economy. |
Maryam Abolfazli: Let Them Separate
March 5, 2012 |
The author visits Thala, Tunisia, after the Arab Spring. |
Stephan Salisbury: Weaponizing the Body Politic
March 5, 2012 |
How to fund an American Police State: or, what you may be doing right now. |
Juan Cole: Khamenei Takes Control, Forbids Nuclear Bomb
March 5, 2012 |
For all the focus on Ahmadinejad, the real power in Iran is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and it’s time we treated his words as such. |
March 2, 2012—Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
March 2, 2012 |
Breaking news from the multi-partisan activist group. |
Andy Kroll: The Unlikely Oracle of Occupy Wall Street
March 1, 2012 |
How empires—including the United States—fall. |
Zehra Naviwala: Voices from Israeli Prisons
February 29, 2012 |
Countless Palestinian refugees are abducted and detained without charges in Israeli prisons every week… sometimes just for throwing a rock. |
Robert Reich: The Ongoing Housing Crisis and the End of an Era
February 29, 2012 |
It looks like the economy is starting to recover, but this is actually the start of a fundamental change in how we think about homes. |
Dara Kerr: Occupy Oakland, Police Bruality, and a Change in Tactics
February 28, 2012 |
How the Oakland Police’s long history of violence finally forced Occupy Oakland’s hand. |
Rebecca Bates: A Critique of War, An “Orgy of Death”
February 27, 2012 |
Artist Adel Abdessemed presents a brutal commentary on violence and spectatorship. |
Sam Kerbel: What We Talk About When We Talk About Jewish Writers
February 27, 2012 |
Is the “Jewish writer” label still relevant? Was it ever? |
Justin Elliott: Revelations on NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Contradict Mayor
February 27, 2012 |
A newly procured report on the NYPD’s investigation of “Newport’s Muslims” contradicts Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s claims about how the police work. |
Genevieve Walker: The Hawaii in The Descendants
February 25, 2012There is beauty to Hawaii, sure. But there is also mundanity.
Work for Guernica
February 25, 2012 |
Guernica seeks a Web Master, an Assistant Editor, and an Editorial Producer. |
TaxCast: The Nature of Risk
February 24, 2012 |
The latest in international tax news: bankers’ mega bonuses and Facebook’s move to Ireland. |
February 24, 2012—Breaking News and Commentary from Citizens for Legitimate Government
February 24, 2012 |
Breaking news from the multi-partisan activist group. |
Juan Cole: Logical Errors in GOP Debate on the Middle East
February 24, 2012 |
Republicans fail Juan Cole’s fact check on their assertions about the Middle East. |
Richard Falk: Saving Khader Adnan’s Life and Legacy
February 24, 2012 |
Israel has agreed to release activist Khader Adnan. Here’s what that means. |
Carole Joffe: Wins and Losses in Two Wars on Women’s Health
February 22, 2012 |
What increasing support for contraception and decreasing support for abortion rights mean for this year’s elections, and women&8217;s health. |
Ela Bittencourt: Wislawa Szymborska: A Portrait in Quotes
February 21, 2012 |
In lieu of a character sketch, I have culled 10 quotations from Poland’s most prestigious newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, revealing glimpses of what, over the years, Polish writers and intellectuals have said about their illustrious colleague Wislawa Szymborska. |
Salar Abdoh: Thank you, Asghar Farhadi
February 21, 2012 |
In the vacuous muddle of political chic and seasoned disingenuousness that often taints visual art and films from Iran enters a filmmaker who makes work for Iranians. |
Zoë Carpenter: Tourists in the Promised Land
February 21, 2012 |
Mardi Gras has two faces. Zoë Carpenter discovers them both. |
Rebecca Solnit: Mad, Passionate Love—and Violence
February 21, 2012Why the media loves violent acts by protesters, but not that of the banks.
Robert Reich: Manufacturing Illusions
February 20, 2012 |
The problem here is the declining power of American workers to share in the gains of the American economy. |
Amitava Kumar: Why Amitav Ghosh’s Decision to Boycott the Jaipur Literary Festival is a ‘Sea of Poppycock’
February 17, 2012 |
Is it possible that Ghosh simply doesn’t like democracy? |
Anita Hill: Kamala Harris’s Bold Stand for CA Communities: Pursuing Banks Who Fleeced Homeowners
February 16, 2012 |
Why fighting on the behalf of homeowners is imperative. |
Katie Ryder: Two Oscars that Will Never Be
February 16, 2012 |
Why two stand-out films will be snubbed at this year’s Oscar ceremony. |
The Dyer’s Hand
February 15, 2012Genre-defying British writer Geoff Dyer on how watching Tarkovsky’s Stalker on repeat turned into his most successful book.
Hanne Blank: 10 Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality
February 15, 2012 |
Scholar Hanne Blank on 10 surprising facts from the short history of heterosexuality. |
Russ Baker: But Syriasly, Folks
February 15, 2012 |
Russ Baker weighs in on the reports of Syria’s uprising, and why the press might be getting it wrong. |
Nick Turse: 450 Bases—and it’s Not Over Yet
February 13, 2012 |
The U.S. continues to pursue a war in which its supply lines are dependent on the good will of two edgy “allies,” Russia and Pakistan. Here’s why. |
Sneak Peak: ASH Smyth Interviews Geoff Dyer
February 13, 2012 |
Selected outtakes from our interview with novelist Geoff Dyer, which will be published tomorrow evening. |
Guernica Inside & Out: A Talk at Fordham University-Lincoln Center
February 9, 2012 |
A talk with Guernica editors on how to start a magazine. With readings by writer Matt Bell & Fordham’s Rebecca Bates. |
Carl Elliot: Faking it for the Dean
February 9, 2012 |
Should administrators be judged by the norms and standards of corporations? |
Peter Van Buren: Fear the Silence, Not the Noise
February 9, 2012 |
What’s behind the ever-deepening campaign against whistleblowers in Washington? |
Tom Engelhardt: Kicking Down the World’s War
February 9, 2012 |
How drones, Special Operations Forces, and the U.S. Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it. |
Russ Baker: Is Israel Really Iran’s Main Adversary? The West Doth Protest Too Much
February 8, 2012 |
If Israel takes the brunt of the criticism for getting things started with Iran, then we let the U.S. off the hook. |
Kaya Genc: Conrad’s First Novel & His Personal Record
February 7, 2012 |
It’s about time to revive the great modernist’s digressive autobiography about language and writing. |
Russ Baker: The Saudis, a Twitter Investment, and the End of the Arab Spring?
February 7, 2012 |
Is Twitter (a) a leading vehicle for freedom movements, or (b) primed to control and shut down open discourse throughout the world? |
TaxCast: A Difference of Opinions
February 7, 2012 |
The inaugural episode of the Tax Justice Network’s new monthly podcast. |
Robert Reich: America’s Jobs Deficit, and Why It’s Still More Important than the Budget Deficit
February 5, 2012 |
Jobs first, budget austerity second. |
Video: Free Word hosts the launch of Writers Bloc
February 3, 2012 |
Kamila Shamsie and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, among others, discuss education around the world at the launch of pioneering writing and education project Writers Bloc. |
Conversations With History: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
February 3, 2012 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Garry Wills discusses his latest book, compares Obama to past presidents, and analyzes the impact of the atomic bomb on the U.S. constitutional system. |
David Chura: Keeping Lock-up Kids and their Families Connected
February 2, 2012 |
As anyone who has worked with kids in the penal system knows on a gut level, it is crucial to have supportive community members involved in young offenders’ lives as they serve their time. But why is it so difficult? |
Robert Lipsyte: Four Reasons to Watch on Super Sunday
February 2, 2012 |
It’s an election season. Although you may be planning otherwise, you need to watch this game to fully understand how jobs, religion, leadership, and healthcare dominate every American contest. |
“The Intrigue”
February 1, 2012 |
In this excerpt from I Dare to Say, a collection of the real-life stories of African women edited by Hilda Twongyeirwe, Yemo talks about female circumcision. |
John Sevigny: Central America to Rome and Back Again
January 31, 2012 |
America. Europe. Freedom. Liberation. From Mexico to the streets of El Salvador, these words make mouths water. But the reality is often more complicated than it seems. |
Live Webcast: The Security Council Debates Syria
January 31, 2012 |
In light of a ten-month siege against protestors, the UN Security Council debates a resolution calling for Syria’s leader to step down. |
