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One anthropologist’s place in his field’s ongoing battle over questions of power, means and ends.

The slowly panic-making power of Renata Adler’s novels Speedboat and Pitch Dark.

Why a passionate history of global alternatives to liberal capitalism becomes an exercise in nostalgia.

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The future of media must include all of us.

Myriad genetic testing

In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intentioned exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.

Chris Christie

The governor needs to peddle a moderate image to win re-election in New Jersey, but on everything from reproductive rights to the environment to austerity, he’s very conservative.

Shujaa Graham

“I killed the thing that almost killed me,” said Kirk Bloodsworth, who faced execution in Maryland, the latest state to outlaw capital punishment.

Cleveland sheriff's van

Reliance on the criminal justice system as the primary solution to intimate partner violence is a long-standing point of debate in the movement to end it.

Elizabeth Warren

The Massachusetts senator continues to shine light on Washington's cozy relationship with Wall Street and its too-big-to-fail banks.

An adopted child

I’d like to believe my sons’ best life is in my home, and not with their first families. But Christians committed to justice need to remember we are not entitled to other people’s children.

money in politics

In this banana republic, billionaires don't need to go to the Cayman Islands to park their savings.

Eric Alterman

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