February 6, 2012 Issue
Cover art by: Cover illustration and design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Feature
After ‘Citizens United’: The Attack of the Super PACs
These new political monsters have let loose an avalanche of scorched-earth, negative campaign ads—and enriched TV stations in the process.
John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
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Let’s Get Congress Working
It’s time to tackle the root problem: subservience to corporate and financial powers.
James Lardner
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Making Cities Matter
John Lindsay’s New York—and what it can teach us about neglected urban problems.
Joseph P. Viteritti
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The Wicked Art of Caricature
Five centuries of political pans by a lot of old masters and a few new ones, on exhibit at the Met.
Edward Sorel
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What ‘Right to Work’ Means for Indiana’s Workers: A Pay Cut
Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.
Gordon Lafer
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Editorial
Dump ‘Citizens United’!
We need a constitutional amendment to stem the flood of corporate money that’s poisoning our democracy.
The Editors
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Why Are Republicans Attacking ‘Vulture Capitalism’?
Sniping by Perry and Gingrich is opportunistic. But with capitalism in crisis, it reflects a deeper insecurity among conservatives.
William Greider
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Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’
The swirl of controversy over Jodi Kantor’s biography reflects deep cultural anxieties about the limits we place on women in power.
Ilyse Hogue
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Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt’s Future
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has replaced Hosni Mubarak as the force that rules Egypt with an iron fist. As January 25 approaches, the revolution is not over.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
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Column
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Ron Paul, Take Two
It’s true that Paul has brought important issues to the national debate. It’s also true that he’s a reactionary crank.
Katha Pollitt
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Our Dangerous Devotion to Eyewitness Testimony
From Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses to crime scenes get it wrong too often. So why did the Supreme Court just make it harder to challenge such evidence in court?
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Marriage, Power and ‘The Obamas’
The swirl of controversy over Jodi Kantor’s biography reflects deep cultural anxieties about the limits we place on women in power.
Ilyse Hogue
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The Wicked Art of Caricature
Five centuries of political pans by a lot of old masters and a few new ones, on exhibit at the Met.
Edward Sorel
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All that Lore: On James Wolcott
The critic James Wolcott has been gamely fighting losing battles for most of his career.
Leo Robson
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Shelf Life
Joan Didion’s Blue Nights, Peter Van Buren’s We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.
Alexandra Schwartz
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Everything Except Me: On Percival Everett
In Assumption a murder mystery becomes a lesson in how much we do not know.
Laila Lalami
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Letters