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Feature
The Rise of the Islamic Feminists
Muslim women are fighting for their rights from within Islamic tradition, rather than against it.
Elizabeth Segran
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How to Revive the Fight for Single-Payer
Rep. Jim McDermott of Washington is optimistic that it will come—if we give states the tools to adopt it at their own pace.
William Greider
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Starving for Justice
From California to Israel, hunger strikes are erupting around the world—because they work.
David Mizner
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Hacktivists on Trial
Prosecutors are warping the law to throw activist hackers like Aaron Swartz behind bars for years.
Peter Ludlow
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Editorial
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Can Bill de Blasio Stop Gentrification? Can Anyone?
Current market-based solutions only tinker around the edges.
Michelle Goldberg
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The Promise—and Threat—of the Internet
Who will rule our virtual world—government data miners and the corporations in step with them, or everyone else?
E.L. Doctorow
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Sound Science Prevails in Texas Textbook Debate
Despite conservatives’ best efforts, Texas students will learn that evolution and global warming are real.
Lizzy Ratner
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The Struggle for Chile’s Future
The presidential runoff between Michelle Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei presents an opportunity to overcome Pinochet's twisted legacy.
Ariel Dorfman
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Column
The Progressive’s Guide to Holiday Giving
Want to help Texas women? African AIDS orphans? Here's how.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
Plainspoken: On Mark Morris
How a choreographer’s love for the basic truths of the body has remained uncompromising.
Marina Harss
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The Gray Zone
Does John Gray counsel anything more than avoidance of the ideological excesses he scorns?
Isaac Chotiner
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3306
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto