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Feature
Can Al Jazeera America Save Cable News?
The network wants to reshape the market. But first it must reach—and win over—its viewers.
Reed Richardson
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Why Are Black Students Facing Corporal Punishment in Public Schools?
A growing controversy over use of the “paddle” to discipline children has a painful racial subtext.
Sarah Carr
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What If the Minimum Wage Were $15 an Hour?
Inside the movement that’s pushing to make a living wage a reality in Seattle.
Sasha Abramsky
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Editorial
How the Supreme Court Blowtorched Democracy and What You Can Do About It
The McCutcheon campaign finance ruling is only the latest in a series of bad decisions that have sparked growing grassroots resistance.
The Editors
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Mozillagate, Brendan Eich and Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Conservatives are suddenly very unhappy to see moral judgments about sex and families invading the corporate realm.
Michelle Goldberg
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Column
Israel Celebrates a Return to the Status Quo in the Middle East
Many Israelis, Netanyahu included, were never serious about seeking a two-state solution in the peace negotiations.
Eric Alterman
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Prison Culture: How Biases Trump Evidence and Land People in Jail
The imprisonment of an American couple in Qatar reveals biases in criminal justice, at home and abroad.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Missing the Story
How turning the Murder of Kitty Genovese into a parable erased its particulars.
Peter C. Baker
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The Body Politic
When US soldiers venture abroad, women’s bodies can become the occupied territories.
Akemi Johnson
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Letters
Letters
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Our Readers
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3321
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto