Op-Ed

Javier Del Bosque waits with his family at the Toys “R” Us in Times Square, in time for its 9 p.m. opening, in New York, November 24, 2011. (Photos: …

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(Photo: Bill Ruhsam / Flickr) As the Occupy movement keeps developing, it seeks solutions for the economic and political dysfunctions it exposes and opposes. For many, the …

In China, Eyes Wide Open Beijing - Even the briefest acquaintance with this smoggy, sprawling capital is basis enough to conclude that much of the campaign rhetoric …

A photograph of UK citizen and Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer with his two children. (Photo: Family photo released to Clive Stafford-Smith, legal attorney for Shaker) As a …

Mass uprisings against oppressive governments put the regime’s soldiers in a precarious situation. When ordered to repress the rebelling populace, they can obey those orders to apply military action …

The advent of the Internet has helped define the Millennial generation. The most tech-savvy generation to date has already made a splash in history: we have mastered all things …

Arundhati Roy, speaking at a Harvard conference in April, 2010. (Photo: jeanbaptisteparis) Sitting in a car parked at a gas station on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, …

Death of the Liberal Class is not a perfect book – Chris Hedges’ love for the classical and puritan tendencies mar the discussions of art and the internet, and …

Last week, I had a conversation with a man who runs his own trading firm. In the process of fuming about competition from Goldman Sachs, he said with resignation …