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Feature
The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal
Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous—but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.
Lee Fang
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On Israel-Palestine and BDS
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose.
Noam Chomsky
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How the Moral Mondays ‘Fusion Coalition’ Is Taking North Carolina Back
The state’s rightward lurch mobilized thousands, but the progressive movement behind Moral Mondays has deep, enduring roots.
Dani McClain
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Editorial
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The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate
In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.
David Cole
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50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice
There is much to celebrate in Mississippi, and yet America still needs a year of action on voting rights.
The Editors
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Postcards Post-Stonewall
We can pretend the politics of liberation can be tracked along clearly marked lines, or we can remember that history is like desire.
JoAnn Wypijewski
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Column
How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship
The court’s decision to invalidate the abortion clinic buffer zone limits the privacy women require as participants in a democracy.
Melissa Harris-Perry
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Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?
There’s no telling how far religious exemptions will go under Justice Alito’s ruling.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
Endgame?
How the rhetoric of ecoetiquette muddies writing about global warming.
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
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The Birth of Bad Taste
Why Italian Mannerists like Rosso Fiorentino were painting’s first avant-garde.
Barry Schwabsky
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Sweeter Than the Sweet
For the Staple Singers and Stax Records, political engagement flowed from an artistic renaissance.
Aaron Cohen
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Letters
Letters
Saving the venerable NYPL… cooperation, not capitalism… a jewel in the dross… you could look it up…
Our Readers and Ange Mlinko
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3330
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto