February 10, 2014 Issue
Cover art by: photographed by Francis Reynolds, styled by Dan Reisman
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Feature
The LGBT Movement Takes Aim at Sochi
The Russian government’s anti-gay scapegoating diverts attention from what appears to be the most corrupt Olympics in history.
Dave Zirin
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John Carlos, 1968 Olympian, Speaks Out on LGBT Rights
“You need to follow your conscience, follow your heart and follow your wisdom.”
Dave Zirin
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The Hidden Environmental and Human Costs of the Sochi Olympics
Illegal waste dumps, displacement of residents, harsh retribution against local activists: Sochi has it all.
Alec Luhn
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How Serious Is the Terror Threat at the Sochi Olympics?
An expert on the North Caucasus rates the chance of attack as “high—four out of five.”
Alec Luhn
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Meet the IOC, Ideal Candidates for a Perp Walk
A foul band reeking of corruption, half were chosen by former president Juan Antonio Samaranch, a devoted Fascist in Franco’s Spain.
Andrew Jennings
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Why the Olympics Are a Lot Like ‘The Hunger Games’
As a luge competitor at the 2006 Winter Games, I saw the dehumanization and corporate domination behind the Olympic ideal.
Samantha Retrosi
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A People’s History of LGBTI Olympians
They’ve been competing for decades—but now they’re proudly and publicly out.
Cyd Zeigler
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Editorial
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Why Obama’s NSA Reforms Are Only a First Step
The president has made a step toward better oversight, but his proposals leave the agency’s system of dragnet surveillance mostly intact.
David Cole
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For Edward Snowden: Amnesty Now
His disclosures were profoundly moral. Justice demands that all charges be dropped.
Chase Madar
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Is Conservative Christianity Bad for Marriage?
Research says yes. So why are conservative policy makers pushing marriage as a panacea for poverty?
Michelle Goldberg
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Five Years Ago, Obama Pledged to End Torture. He Still Hasn’t.
Waterboarding may have ended, but the US continues to torture terrorism suspects in American prisons.
Sally Eberhardt and Jeanne Theoharis
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Column
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David Brooks Shows His Hand on ‘Inequality’
The conservative NYT columnist steers the conversation away from economics and toward “behavioral” terrain.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
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Permission to Fail
MFAs aren’t a problem: it’s artists being content with what they know.
Barry Schwabsky
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Law of Life, and Light
A new history of Chile is a wrestling match between fatalism and optimism.
Lorna Scott Fox
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3311
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Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto