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Feature
Cuomo vs. Cuomo
Can he make New York the “progressive capital of the nation”—by empowering Republicans?
Eric Alterman
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Are Memphis Prosecutors Trying to Send an Innocent Man Back to Death Row?
Witnesses say they saw Timothy McKinney shoot an off-duty police officer in 1997. But their stories have changed—and the DA’s office has been caught hiding evidence in death penalty trials.
Liliana Segura
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Meet the New Left: Small-Business Owners
Surveys demonstrate remarkably progressive attitudes on everything from taxation to regulation to the environment.
William Greider
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How to Fight Corporate Welfare
We need a Chamber of Progress, made up of all the green and progressive businesses, to fight the predator state that subsidizes large corporations.
Jamie Raskin
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Will California’s Cap and Trade Be Fair?
Allowing polluters to trade carbon could keep poor Californians breathing unhealthy air.
Madeline Ostrander
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The American Legacy in Iraq
On the tenth anniversary of the US invasion, the country is mired in a permanent crisis of sectarian violence, pervasive corruption and broken infrastructure.
Patrick Cockburn
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Editorial
New Pope, Old Papacy
There is nothing in Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio’s record to suggest that he will reform the Catholic Church.
Norman Birnbaum
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Noted
Max Strasser reports on the Robin Hood Tax in the UK and Andrew Bard Epstein on the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign, and the editors congratulate Chris Hayes
Various Contributors
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LA’s Homeless Vets
It seems unbelievable, but land dedicated to the VA for housing veterans has been denied to them—and LA has more homeless vets than any city in America.
Jon Wiener
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‘Gideon v. Wainwright’, Fifty Years Later
In its historic decision, the Supreme Court ruled that poor people have a right to a lawyer. But today, our system of indigent defense is shameful.
Stephen B. Bright and Sia M. Sanneh
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What the UN Owes Haiti
Despite the fact that its "peacekeepers" brought cholera to Haiti, the UN is refusing to fund obvious solutions.
Isabeau Doucet
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Column
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Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
News stories that followed the NYPD’s killing of a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy show how we criminalize people based on race and geography.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique
For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.
Julia M. Klein
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The Strange Arcane: On George Saunders
In the short stories of Tenth of December, the impression of chaos belies a careful design.
Aaron Thier
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The Quarrels of Others: On Anti-Semitism
With Anti-Judaism, David Nirenberg has recast the debate about the origins and nature of anti-Semitism in Western thought.
R.I. Moore
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3276
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto