Over break The New York Review of Books‘ signature cartoonist, David Levine, died. Levine was the caricaturist behind all the funny but also insightful drawings that the publication published. Today, Garry Wills has a beautifully written and deserved piece in the NYRB about Levine. Read it here. An excerpt: Levine was a man of high intelligence, wide [...]

Recent reporting by The New York Times on the cover-up of immigrant detainee deaths in U.S. detention facilities follows close on the heels of what appears to be a genuine attempt to make security more transparent since Obama’s election.  What happened to immigrants in privately-run security facilities as they were awaiting trial is often described as “horrible” and [...]

Here is a selection of past Consider issues. It is wonderful to see what thought provoking topics have been – and continue to be – discussed at the University of Michigan.