Author Archives: MZR

Aug 28, 2013 By CHARLES M. BLOW The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” so disturbed the American power structure that the F.B.I. started spying on him in what The Washington Post called “one of its … Continue reading →

Copyright ©2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. GUY RAZ, HOST: So one day a few years ago, an MIT professor named Sherry Turkle saw something that would change almost … Continue reading →

August 12, 2013   By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ When I was growing up in Gary, Ind., nearly a quarter of American workers were employed in the manufacturing sector. There were plenty of jobs at the time that paid well enough … Continue reading →

July 31, 2013, 2:44 pm George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates By JOEL LOVELL It’s long past graduation season, but we recently learned that George Saunders delivered the convocation speech at Syracuse University for the class of 2013, and George was … Continue reading →

Posted on Jul 7, 2013 By Chris Hedges The most prescient portrait of the American character and our ultimate fate as a species is found in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.” Melville makes our murderous obsessions, our hubris, violent impulses, moral weakness and … Continue reading →

June 14, 2013, 9:00 pm Hel-LO! You’re … Who Again? By DICK CAVETT It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions. Particularly when your graduation ceremonies — from high school and from college — are … Continue reading →

By BILL COSBY Last Updated: 1:15 AM, June 9, 2013 Posted: 10:29 PM, June 8, 2013 He was the New York City dad we all wish we had Cliff Huxtable, the strict, funny and understanding father on “The Cosby Show,” … Continue reading →

Posted on May 19, 2013 By Chris Hedges Joe Sacco and I spent two years reporting from the poorest pockets of the United States for our book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.” We went into our nation’s impoverished “sacrifice zones”—the first … Continue reading →

By JOE NOCERA I have seen the future, and it is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. I’ve seen young entrepreneurs creating companies that actually make things — not some digital app (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) — but … Continue reading →

Posted on Mar 18, 2013 To: George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From: Tomas Young I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on … Continue reading →