From Southern Spaces, Anthony E. Kaye (PSU): "In the Neighborhood": Towards a Human Geography of U.S. Slave Society. From Too Much, an article on Detroit's "underpaid" top auto execs; and why have-it-alls don't know it all: More on Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly's Unjust Deserts. From n+1, Nikil Saval on how Bombay became Mumbai. From Guernica, in the Sri Lankan city of Batticaloa, an American peace worker watches one woman bravely face the worst the world can offer; and the inhabitants of the Marshall Islands have endured waves of immigration, exploitation, and America’s nuclear testing; now under threat from rising sea levels, their storytelling culture offers us a cautionary tale. William Easterly reviews The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by

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