Hurst Hannum (Tufts), S. James Anaya (Arizona), and Dinah L. Shelton (GWU): International Human Rights: Problems of Law, Policy, and Practice. From Modern Farmer, this is what humane slaughter looks like — is it good enough? Martin Hutchinson on funny money and the super-rich: Is the U.S. Federal Reserve the chief culprit in bringing about the grotesque levels of U.S. income inequality? The hordes of microbes inside your body are your friends: An interview with the synthetic biologist Christina Agapakis. So-called “empowering beauty” campaigns by cosmetics companies aimed at women only reinforce an ugly obsession with appearance. Joshua Keating on what Muslims talk about when they talk about sharia. The introduction to The Global Model of Constitutional Rights by Kai Moller. Does the current mania for austerity make any sense? Ruy Teixeira investigates.
