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Feature
A ‘Grand Bargain’ on the Fiscal Cliff Could Be a Grand Betrayal
The “fiscal cliff” is being used to demand cuts that would otherwise be politically impossible.
Robert L. Borosage
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Obama Won. Now It’s Time to Change the System
In the next four years—and beyond—progressives must create the political space for the president to represent the majority of Americans.
Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen
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Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold History’
Missed opportunities, roads not taken—these are the central themes of Stone's new documentary.
Jon Wiener
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Editorial
The Real Loser of 2012: White Supremacy
In 2012, white supremacy not only lost the election. It was a crucial factor in explaining how Obama won.
William Greider
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Feminists for the Win
Why women are winning the culture wars and what we should take on next.
Jessica Valenti
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Voting Out the Drug War
Along with marijuana decriminalization in other states, the success of Proposition 36 in California is a ray of hope for those trapped in the abyss of the War on Drugs.
Eugene Jarecki
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Why the 2012 Election Was a Vote for Democracy
From Senate races to state and city referendums, Americans made clear they wanted to limit the corrupting power of corporate money.
John Nichols
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Nobel Laureates Salute Bradley Manning
As people who have devoted our lives to forging a more peaceful and just world, we salute Manning's courage and condemn his treatment at the hands of the government.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
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The Petraeus Legacy: A Paramilitary CIA?
Within some military and intelligence circles, it was the CIA director's relationship with JSOC—not Paula Broadwell—that raised concerns.
Jeremy Scahill
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Column
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Don’t Stop Believin’
The Romney campaign’s self-delusion was only possible because of its MSM enablers.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
The Noble and the Base: Poland and the Holocaust
Can the two central images of Poland during World War II—a country of heroes and a country of collaborators—ever be combined?
John Connelly
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Children of the Storm: Education and Social Mobility
Paul Tough and Jonathan Kozol examine how decades of family-unfriendly policies have heightened the stress experienced by many children at home and school.
Helen C. Epstein
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Generation X: On Wade Guyton and Gerhard Richter
Why two artists use a printer to make paintings without using paint.
Barry Schwabsky
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Oliver Stone’s ‘Untold History’
Missed opportunities, roads not taken—these are the central themes of Stone's new documentary.
Jon Wiener
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Letters
Letters
Now let’s move forward; bottom line: he's gone; a plague on both their houses; weapons of mass terror; clear the air with Russia on Syria; Swank Filer, where are you?
Our Readers
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3261
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto