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December 1-8, 2014 Issue
Cover art by: illustration by Ryan Inzana
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Editorial
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The Worst Metaphors Politicians Have Used to Describe the Internet
Is it a series of tubes or a Coke bottle?
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Column
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Midterm Media Meltdown
The election results reflect a complex reality; the press prefers simple narratives.
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Letters
Letters
Got it covered… block that vote!… Berman replies… smarter than yeast?… the rich shall inherit… climate poem for Naomi…
Feature
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Democrats: The Party of Pablum
How else can we explain voters who chose Mitch McConnell senators and Elizabeth Warren policies?
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Shrinking the Vote
Voters in fourteen states faced new restrictions, and in several races, disenfranchised voters could have changed the outcome.
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How the Democratic Party Lost Its Soul
The trouble started when the party abandoned its working-class base.
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Books & the Arts
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From the Dirty Silences
Must art confront ugly realities with an ugliness of its own?
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