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Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?

A postwar German novelist’s complicated legacy.

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

Americans who worry about dangerous trends overseas should take a look at warning signs much closer to home.

Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.
 

As the Syrian government clings to repressive tactics it knows best, the conflict becomes ever more intractable.

Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a superb, empathic account of life in a Mumbai undercity.

Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.

To its shame, the Obama administration continues to defend its role in the case of a jailed Yemeni journalist.

The Other America offered a view of poverty that seemed designed to comfort the already comfortable.