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Mortgage Settlement Reached: A Beginning, Not an End
Mortgage Settlement Reached: A Beginning, Not an End
The deal falls short in some areas, but big banks did not receive the immunity they desired and are still on the hook for collapsing the economy.
The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory
The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory
Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.
'Downton Abbey': Escapist Kitsch Posing as 'Masterpiece Theatre'
'Downton Abbey': Escapist Kitsch Posing as 'Masterpiece Theatre'
Is the whole world nostalgic for the snobbery of the British class system?
A Brief History of Drones
A Brief History of Drones
With the invention of drones, we crossed into a new frontier: killing that’s risk-free, remote, and detached from human cues.
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Books and the Arts
Margaret Sanger’s legacy continues to haunt debates about abortion and family planning.
For the critic John Leonard, “books are where we go alone to complicate ourselves.”
Zoe Strauss has turned the streets of Philadelphia into a museum for her photography.
News and Analysis
Bribes from billionaires? Super PACs buying campaigns right and left? Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos.
How can it be that the “richest Jew in the world” can buy the foreign policy of a major party’s presidential contender and “the Jews” have somehow escaped the blame?
Obama’s abandonment of patient diplomacy—combined with Israel’s bellicose demands—has pushed us dangerously close to conflict.
The authors of Arizona’s new law want to collapse Latino identity into white American mythology.
Why do patriotic members of an elite combat unit refuse to serve in the occupied territories?
In the slow motion destruction of Susan G. Komen, VP Karen Handel may be the only one who got what she really wanted.
In a volatile era, OWS’s participatory democracy makes more sense than top-down government.
The Occupy movement has been a seedbed of creativity. Now it needs to declare its values.
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