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Feature
God, Science and Philanthropy
The politics of the Templeton Foundation’s "Big Questions."
Nathan Schneider
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The Next Drilling Disaster?
Unregulated natural gas drilling could wreak havoc on the environment and human health.
Kara Cusolito
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Brace Yourself: Good News on Africa
A recent economic study rejects the conventional depiction of the continent as a basket case.
Karen Rothmyer
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Editorial
Free Gaza
The attack on the humanitarian flotilla has focused the world’s attention on the indefensible blockade of Gaza. The siege, and the isolation of Hamas, must end immediately.
The Editors
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The Lesser Evil
Poverty and charity are two evils; charity is the lesser, but it is still evil.
Walter Mosley
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Noted.
John Nichols on the Democratic response to the Israeli attack on aid ships bound for Gaza, Viggo Mortensen on Dennis Hopper, and our fifth annual student writing contest
The Editors
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Road Rage Russian-style
In Russia, drivers are one of the country’s few grassroots movements capable of mobilizing protesters and influencing policy.
Carl Schreck
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Ten Things You Can Do to Win a Political Campaign
How can progressives build winning campaigns that truly represent the people?
The Nation
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Column
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Israel Agonistes
Peter Beinart’s stinging critique of the American Jewish establishment’s failure to defend democracy in Israel comes not a moment to soon.
Eric Alterman
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Europe’s Democracy Deficit
EU countries traded democracy for prosperity. These days, they’re missing it.
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
The Death and Life of the Book Review
Newspaper books sections have been ailing for decades, but there’s no better time than now for writing about books.
John Palattella
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Black Is Also a Color
"Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917" makes some of Modernism’s most familiar paintings seem unresolved and difficult again.
Barry Schwabsky
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Intimacies and Dishonesties
In Tove Jansson’s The True Deceiver, the uncertainties laid bare go to the heart of human relationships.
Maria Margaronis
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Letters
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