Perspective — April 16, 2013, 3:23 pm
On Meeting Our Meat
Going undercover at a slaughterhouse in an age of agribusiness gag laws
Going undercover at a slaughterhouse in an age of agribusiness gag laws
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Perspective — April 16, 2013, 3:23 pm
Going undercover at a slaughterhouse in an age of agribusiness gag laws
Going undercover at a slaughterhouse in an age of agribusiness gag laws
Précis — April 15, 2013, 2:37 am
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
A synopsis of our May 2013 cover feature
Article — From the September 2012 issue
An unlikely comeback for dying newspapers
Readings — From the July 2012 issue
Readings — From the February 2012 issue
Easy chair — From the December 2010 issue
Article — From the August 2010 issue
Afghanistan’s president visits the White House
Weekly Review — September 30, 2008, 12:00 am
A Christian martyr. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 777 points in one day after the House of Representatives failed to pass a Wall Street bailout plan, first put forth by President George W. Bush, that would have granted Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson up to $700 billion to buy, at any price, toxic mortgage-backed assets from financial firms. “It’s not based on any particular data point,” said a Treasury spokeswoman of the $700 billion figure. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”Wall Street JournalWashington PostForbes.comSenator John McCain announced that fixing the economy was more important than politicking, suspended …
Weekly Review — September 23, 2008, 12:00 am
Caught in the Web, 1860. After many years of increasing borrowing and at least thirteen months of evidence of an impending catastrophe, American financial institutions faced the worst credit crisis since the Great Depression. “The world,” explained Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, “no longer has the capacity to absorb fake U.S. dollars.”EconomistThe Wall Street JournalBloombergGlobal stock markets lost $3.1 trillion in four days, and American International Group (AIG), the world’s biggest insurance company and a leader in the $62 trillion credit-default swap market, was nearly bankrupted. “The private market has screwed itself up,” said Representative Barney Frank (D., Mass.), “and they …
Notebook — From the September 2008 issue
Readings — From the November 2007 issue
Readings — From the July 2005 issue
Readings — From the September 2004 issue
Readings — From the July 2004 issue
Weekly Review — May 4, 2004, 12:00 am
Babylonian Lion, March 1875. Six American soldiers, including a general, were facing court martial over the torture and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison, which was famous for its torture chambers under Saddam Hussein. Photographs of the abuse were broadcast on U.S. television; one image depicted a hooded prisoner standing on a box with wires attached to his genitals.BBCOther photos showed prisoners masturbating; several showed U.S. soldiers smiling and posing next to their victims.New York TimesSome of the soldiers blamed mercenaries for the abuses;Guardianothers said that military intelligence was in control of that cellblock.New York TimesPhotographs …
Weekly Review — April 27, 2004, 12:00 am
Caricature of Louis IV, by Thackeray. 1875. China announced that Hong Kong will not be allowed to elect its next leader in 2007, contrary to the city’s Basic Law, which was enacted when Britain turned over the territory in 1997; China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress said that an election would create social and economic instability. Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s current chief executive, called on the people to remain “calm and rational.”BBCThe Bush Administration continued to insist that sovereignty will be turned over to an Iraqi government on June 30 but revealed for the first time that the …
Lucas Mann on hope and change in a minor-league-baseball city
Amount of cash CNN reporter Peter Arnett says he wore sewn into his clothes while covering the Gulf War:
Babies prefer to look at attractive people.
A woman testified that prostitutes at the “bunga bunga” parties thrown by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had dressed up as President Obama.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”
