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Feature
Are Black Women Ready for Hillary?
In 2008, South Carolina was the epicenter of the Clinton campaign’s implosion. This year, she’s counting on black women to rally to her side.
Joan Walsh
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The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions
Manju Das thought her future was secured when she went to work as the housekeeper for a wealthy corporate executive. Little did she realize how she was being used.
Nilita Vachani
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Editorial
ISIS Wants a Clash of the Civilizations: Let’s Not Give In
It’s a huge error to dignify these desert pirates as a “state” on which one might wage war as an equal.
Juan Cole
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The New Attack on ‘One Person, One Vote’
It’s been settled law for five decades—but now the Supreme Court might shoot it down.
Ari Berman
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The Federal Reserve Could Boost Employment and Investment. Here’s How.
Anyone on the left should support directly setting long-term interest rates.
Mike Konczal
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Column
The Refugee Crisis Is Europe’s Moral Obligation, and America’s Too
This time, let’s do the right thing.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
Happiness and the Hidden Wealth of Nations
Two recent books show how challenging the fight against pernicious inequality remains.
Timothy Shenk
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Real, Realist, Realistic, and False
Linda Rosenkrantz’s 1968 quasi-novel Talk reminds us that wry self-awareness and anxious fragility are hardly millennial inventions.
Becca Rothfeld
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Conductor of the Anonymous
In her oral histories, Svetlana Alexievich orchestrates the voices of Russians trying to reconcile the irreconciliable.
Sophie Benech
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Is Serious Landscape Painting Still Possible?
Maureen Gallace’s fresh and enigmatic work indicates that it is.
Barry Schwabsky
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Letters
Letters From the December 14, 2015, Issue
Sanders, Denmark, and Debs… tourists at the end of life… all that jive… food for the mind… one side of the story…
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