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    LETTERS

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    EDITORIALS & COMMENTS

    In the end, the treasury secretary's fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Christopher Hayes | Despite Obama's inaugural call for a New Era of Responsibility, the old cynicism threatens a comeback.

    Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association's "game changer"; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Nick Nyhart & David Donnelly | The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.

    Susan Eaton | An inner-city mother jailed for sending her kids to a suburban school district? This belongs to a past we'd do best to leave behind. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    COLUMNS

    Calvin Trillin | Exactly what is fertilizing this super sod? SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Eric Alterman | It's a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.

    Gary Younge | Imagine, if you will, a white-collar CEO version of the TV show Cops. Roll cameras. Send up the chopper. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    ARTICLES

    Tony Kushner & Alisa Solomon | On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.

    Ari Berman | The coal industry presents itself as committed to sustainability--but is it?

    Roberto Lovato | Shaking off the legacy of dictatorship, the people elect the FMLN's Mauricio Funes.

    BOOKS & THE ARTS

    Elaine Blair | In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.

    Christine Smallwood | Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Greg Grandin | Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.

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