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Feature
Can Obama Beat the Israel Lobby?
He can, if he presents a just peace plan supported by former Presidents Clinton and Bush.
Henry Siegman
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Walter Jones: The Antiwar Republican From North Carolina
A pro–Iraq War conservative Republican now fiercely opposes the war in Afghanistan.
George C. Wilson
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The New-Economy Movement
A growing group of activists and socially responsible companies are rethinking business as usual.
Gar Alperovitz
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A New Grassroots Economy
Instead of just fighting those who own the economy, a growing handful of organizations for low-income people are building their own businesses.
Sally Kohn
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Editorial
Obama, Netanyahu and the Arab Revolt: Fateful Mideast Triangle
Time is running out on America’s ability to protect Israel from itself.
The Editors
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Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast
Too bad for GOP strategists dreamed of surfing an austerity agenda to victory in 2012: voters despise Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare.
John Nichols
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Noted.
Sara Mayeux on Gordon Liu, Molly O’Toole on mass incarceration, and kudos for Joshua Kors
Various Contributors
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When Is the End?
Osama bin Laden is dead, but will the colossal national security apparatus ever stop growing?
Jonathan Schell
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Column
Dear France, We’re So Over
What’s the point of having all those smart, social-democratically inclined secular citizens if, it turns out, they’re self-satisfied creeps who will defend DSK?
Katha Pollitt
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Breaking News: Not All Black Intellectuals Think Alike
Why my disagreement with Cornel West about Obama’s presidency generated so much excitement.
Melissa Harris-Perry
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Books & the Arts
The Monster and Monterrey: The Politics and Cartels of Mexico’s Drug War
When organized crime and drug violence came to Monterrey, the city turned to the military for help. It was a choice many would come to regret.
Nik Steinberg
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Heroine Blues: On Dorian Lynskey and Sara Marcus
Whoever sings them and however great they sound, rebel songs can’t do your fighting for you.
Franklin Bruno
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 1634
Herewith, Frank W. Lewis’s last puzzle in our pages—from the May 29, 1976, issue.
Frank W. Lewis