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Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession

An analysis of disease trends in more than 70 nations shows that cancer mortality rose by more than 263,000 deaths

Jun 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Chattanooga

Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband. Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband.

Chattanooga’s publicly owned Internet service has helped boost its economy and bridge the digital divide.

Jun 3, 2016 / P.E. Moskowitz

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated? Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

In Engines of Liberty, David Cole trains a light on civil society as a more reliable agent of constitutional change.

Jun 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink

Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink

A program to improve American Indian high schools in Montana shows promise, but is it enough?

Jun 3, 2016 / StudentNation / Lillian Mongeau

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty? Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

And another woman contemplates marrying her European boyfriend for his healthcare.

Jun 3, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Time Servers

Time Servers Time Servers

A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman

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Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue

For if dreams die… Thinking big—by thinking small… A chance to apologize… Unfinished or incomplete?…

Jun 2, 2016 / Our Readers

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’

In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

EU and UK Flags

Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit

Four Brits let us know.

Jun 2, 2016 / Helen Lewis, Jon Cruddas, Harris Beider, and Tariq Ali

How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage

How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage

The media’s need to cover “both sides” of every story makes no sense when one side has little regard for the truth.

Jun 2, 2016 / Feature / Eric Alterman

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