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Feature
USAID’s Dubious Allies in Paraguay
President Fernando Lugo's ouster was called a coup in South America. But the US didn't blink.
Natalia Viana
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US-Cuban Diplomacy, ‘Nation’ Style
Fifty years later, James Donovan’s “metadiplomacy” shows that normal relations are possible.
Peter Kornbluh
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The GOP-Fox Circus Act
Post Election Day, is the network's huge audience tuning out?
Reed Richardson
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My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters
Slut-shaming, name-calling and no respect: welcome to life in literary America for a twenty-first-century female author.
Deborah Copaken Kogan
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Editorial
Noted
Rinku Sen on the Associated Press's decision to "drop the 'i' word," Robert Dreyfuss on Hagel's bad budget rhetoric, and the editors on a prize for Nation illustrator Steven Brodner.
The Editors
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Dispatches From the US Student Movement
From the All in the Red Collective in New York to the Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition in California, young activists are on the march.
The Editors
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Thatcherism Triumphant
Margaret Thatcher's smiling villainy sparked a generation of dissent—and neoliberal policies that live on today.
Maria Margaronis
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The Promise of Connecticut’s Gun Legislation
Sandy Hook opened a rare opportunity to change not just a few laws but the basic terms of debate over public safety and social responsibility.
Bruce Shapiro
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Why We Need to Expand Social Security, Not Cut It
Obama's budget proposal is both bad politics and bad economics—our real crisis is that most Americans lack the means for a secure retirement.
The Editors
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Column
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How Did Margaret Thatcher Do It?
In every way, her agenda opposed the interests of ordinary working people. How did she get so many of them to vote against their own economic interests again and again?
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
As They Live: On Roman Vishniac
How a photographer’s images of Jews were liberated from the lachrymose history he imposed upon them.
Jana Prikryl
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Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs
No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.
Sophie Pinkham
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The Idea of Freedom
Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation, Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers.
Stuart Klawans
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Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman
Krugman affirms the way things are, no matter how often he choruses the word "change."
Joshua Clover
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My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters
Slut-shaming, name-calling and no respect: welcome to life in literary America for a twenty-first-century female author.
Deborah Copaken Kogan
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3279
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto