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The Right to Ridicule 12 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
David Kortava Victor Navasky is a founding member of the Committee to Protect Journalists, publisher emeritus of The Nation, and a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. ...
Hannah Arendt 6 Aug 2013 | 04:45 pm
Omar Baig The medium of film both enjoys and is burdened by its own relation to time. A biopic has two hours or so to capture, convey, and do justice to its subject’s life. For Margarethe von Trotta,...
Parsing the Responsibility to Protect 29 Jul 2013 | 04:01 pm
Corrie Hulse After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed in just a few months while the international community stood by, the world cried "never again."...
The Struggle Continues 10 Jul 2013 | 12:19 am
Bruce Southworth Student. Lawyer. Activist. Revolutionary. Freedom fighter (or was it terrorist?). Prisoner. President. World leader. Husband. Father. Grandfather. Family man. As Nelson Mandela nears...
The Outsider Artist 19 Jun 2013 | 04:36 pm
Shaun Randol Since he left office in January 2009, former president George W. Bush has kept a low profile. Once a swaggering politician, Bush has adopted the life of a reclusive artist, spending as m...
Where One or Two are Gathered 29 May 2013 | 04:41 pm
Damaso Reyes Religion's impact on European culture is apparent, especially where Catholicism and Islam are concerned. Yet in the shadows rises another big tent. In this multimedia essay, Damaso Reyes...
The Closing Argument at Guantanamo 6 May 2013 | 04:04 pm
David Frakt After presenting evidence that Mohammed Jawad had been abused by the U.S. while detained for six years at Guantanamo Bay, David Frakt argued that the abuse should result in dismissal of a...
Reportage: In the Shadows of Sandy 29 Apr 2013 | 04:47 pm
Jika González Six months ago, Hurricane Sandy roared into the American northeast, leaving in its wake dozens dead, thousands homeless, and unimaginable devastation. While many continue to recover, on...
The Face of Torture 24 Apr 2013 | 04:46 pm
Eric Anthamatten Drawing on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas and the story of Cain and Abel, Eric Anthamatten offers an ethical consideration of torture and the hunt for a faceless Osama bin Laden ...
The Great Emancipators 11 Mar 2013 | 03:07 pm
Shaun Randol In this essay, Shaun Randol wonders if, after forty years, John Berger's Marxist take on European oil painting and modern advertising is still relevant, and whether the feminist social c...
