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August 18-25, 2014 Issue
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Editorial
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Israel Must Stop Its Campaign of Terror
As world leaders fail to end the bloodletting in Gaza, it is up to civil society to demand justice for Palestinians.
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Why Is Washington Risking War With Russia?
Kiev’s siege of the Donbass, supported by the Obama administration, is escalating an already perilous crisis.
Column
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Why It’s Time to Repeal the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The law, passed in 1993 with near-unanimous support, has become an excuse for bigotry, superstition and sectarianism.
Letters
Feature
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Why the Children Fleeing Central America Will Not Stop Coming
At the root of the border crisis is a wave of violence that the United States helped to create.
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Books & the Arts
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Spina’s Shadow
“Darling, this is Alessandro Spina, who is trying to make Italians feel guilty about their colonial crimes.”
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Comforting Vacuums
In Stories We Tell, actor turned director Sarah Polley interrogates her past, revealing that our stories are our dearest form of property.
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Little Boxes
Micro-apartments have become trendy in planning circles, but their austerity is just another limit on the aspirations of the poor.
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In Our Orbit: A Tolerance for Ambiguity
In The Good Spy, Kai Bird documents the life of CIA agent Robert Ames, a sincere and unlikely mediator in the Middle East.