Brief encounters November 1, 2013 By James Boylan Short reviews of Informing the News and Celebrity Politics
Games people play November 1, 2013 By Leigh Alexander Most of what we think we know about video games is wrong
Human nature November 1, 2013 By Tom Vanderbilt Do conflicting desires prevent us from building happy cities
America’s secret fetish November 1, 2013 By Jack Shafer Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Secrecy: The American Experience is an optimistic book; reading it today brings despair
Old law, new tricks November 1, 2013 By Lauren Kirchner Can we modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act?
The mighty pen November 1, 2013 By Alice Su A new project trains Syrians in Jordan to report on themselves
The lower case November 1, 2013 By The Editors Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back
Go west November 1, 2013 By Alison Langley In the quest for digital-age prosperity, legacy newsrooms are making pilgrimages to Silicon Valley
Back to Burma November 1, 2013 By Karen Coates Expelled in 2009, a writer returns to find a country in transition and a journalism community buzzing with possibility
Witness November 1, 2013 By Jessica Camille Aguirre A dispute over press access to a neo-Nazi trial reveals the tension between Germany’s embrace of privacy and its need to confront right-wing extremism
The loud listener November 1, 2013 By Simon Liem Stand-up comic Marc Maron is the best celebrity interviewer working today
Reform interrupted November 1, 2013 By Miriam Berger Egypt’s most prominent state-run newspaper launched a website to shake up the status quo. Then came a revolution. And a coup. What is the future for Al Bawaba?
Human terrain November 1, 2013 By Brent Cunningham After Paula Loyd was murdered in a bazaar near Kandahar, journalist Vanessa Gezari uncovered a story that embodies the tragic arc of US involvement in Afghanistan
The love affair is over November 1, 2013 By Micheline Maynard America’s relationship with the automobile is changing. The transportation beat has to catch up.