March 21, 2011

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The editors on democratic protests at home and abroad, Rashid Khalidi on Arab demands for dignity and Calvin Trillin on prank calls to Scott Walker

Letters

Our Readers

Madisonian Democracy

The spirit of democratic protest, so vibrant across the Middle East, has been kindled here in Middle America.

The Editors

Why Washington Doesn't Care About Jobs

For the condo-buying, sushi-eating Beltway elite, the recession is over. For the rest of America—not so much.

Christopher Hayes

Noted.

Carmel DeAmicis on pizzas for protesters, Molly O'Toole on solidarity rallies and Judith Friedlander on Hungary's crackdown on media

Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood

Progressive service organizations connect real world needs to Beltway advocacy and lobbying. Conservatives fear and loathe that.

Ilyse Hogue

The Arab Spring

Suddenly, people all over the Arab world are feeling a sense of pride—and the West is paying attention.

Rashid Khalidi

The Peace Corps at 50: Remnant of a Bygone Era?

A former volunteer offers a more timely—and radical—alternative.

Karen Rothmyer

The Peace Corps at 50: An Enduring Legacy of Cultural Exchange

A former legal counsel for the corps argues for its continuing usefulness.

Frank Sheed

Deadline Poet

Governor Scott Walker Talks to 'David Koch'

Calvin Trillin

Subject to Debate

In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far?

Not content with depriving women of reproductive healthcare, House Republicans want to starve them and their children too.

Katha Pollitt

Sister Citizen

The War on Women's Futures

The ultimate aim of the GOP's social agenda is to force women back into the home.

Melissa Harris-Perry

The Spirit of Wisconsin

How Scott Walker’s unionbusting spurred a popular uprising.

John Nichols

In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy?

For a healthy democracy, transparency is the best medicine.

Micah L. Sifry

After Silvio Berlusconi, Nichi Vendola?

Can an openly left-wing, openly gay politician from the South revive an Italy in deep malaise?

Frederika Randall

Book

Wrinkles in Time: On Joanna Ruocco

For Joanna Ruocco, language is a multiplier of worlds, a portal to alternate realities.

David Carroll Simon

Book

An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism

Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus is the latest monotonous revery about the Internet social revolution. Evgeny Morozov punctures that bubble.

Chris Lehmann

Film

A Signature Copy

Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy; Matt Porterfield's Putty Hill; Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light; J. Hoberman's new book, An Army of Phantoms

Stuart Klawans

Puzzle No. 1623

This puzzle originally appeared in the March 13, 1976, issue. Next week we'll have five new ones, by the finalists in the competition to replace Frank W. Lewis.

Frank W. Lewis

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