Editor's Note Archives

Introducing the September 2014 Issue

Where Israel and Palestine can go from here, Washington D.C.’s enduring legacy of racial strife, Edward O. Wilson on free will, and more

Introducing the August 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

Jessica Bruder on the end of retirement, Mary Gordon on the new Vatican, Laura Kipnis on narcissism, and more

Introducing the July 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

Kevin Baker on the lost glory of America’s railroads, Mark Hertsgaard on Obama’s environmental failures, Sarah Menkedick on why Mexican immigrants are moving back home, and more

Introducing the June 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

Maud Newton reflects on America’s ancestry obsession, Randall Kennedy revisits the Civil Rights Act, Scott Horton reveals a possible coverup at Guantánamo Bay, and more

Introducing the May 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

The life-coach industry, quinoa quarreling, and the comedy of Doug Stanhope

Introducing the April 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

How to be your own best doctor, a drone’s-eye view of America, and drought threatens the Southwest

Introducing the March 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

The decline of America’s left, Barbara Ehrenreich, Norman Rush, and more

Introducing the February 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

How Germany reconquered Europe, the impending demise of the A-10 Warthog, and two tales of bad romance

Introducing the January 2014 Issue

by Ellen Rosenbush,

Mastering the art of serving the rich, a Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection, and fighting for the right to insult the French president