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Feature
Confronting the CIA’s Mind Maze
With the departure of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from Washington and the arrival of Barack Obama, it may just be back to the future when it comes to torture policy.
Alfred W. McCoy
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Inquisitions
From Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, tales of the Devil and wise women, torturers and the tortured.
Eduardo Galeano
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Tales of Tent City
In boom and in bust, homeless encampments are a product of inequality and neglect.
Ben Ehrenreich
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Iraq’s New Death Squad
America has built an elite and lethal counterterrorism force. But who’s calling the shots?
Shane Bauer
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Editorial
Wall Street’s False Armistice
The biggest names in Wall Street banking are back to business as usual. And if they’re wrong in declaring the financial crisis over, the big losers will be President Obama and the American taxpayer.
William Greider
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MoveOn: Break the Silence on Torture and War
A pending amendment to the $100 billion war spending bill also authorizes suppression of hundreds of torture photos. Will MoveOn use its muscle to stand up for progressive principles?
Tom Hayden
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The Trouble With Democrats
If Democrats don’t stand up to the banking lobby, it’s unlikely that necessary and real credit reform will take place.
William Greider
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The Age of Paine
It was Tom Paine, ink-stained wretch and citizen of the world, who first roused American patriots to action.
John Nichols
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Naming the Enemy
Grassroots activists take on the banking industry on the question of bankruptcy reform.
Chris Hayes
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The CIA’s Truth Problem
Will the CIA tell Congress the truth? Would Congress listen if it did?
Tim Weiner
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A Culture War Casualty
Barnett Slepian was the last abortion provider to be gunned down in America, in 1998–until George Tiller.
Eyal Press
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Noted.
Voting rights for Kuwaiti women; Steve Earle’s tribute to Townes Van Zandt; remembering Amos Elon
The Editors
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Governing GM
The nationalization of General Motors and the offshoring of its jobs are yet another sign that we are moving toward a jobless recovery.
The Editors
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Column
Sheila Bair Is on Your Side
The head of the FDIC is looking out for taxpayers–and that’s why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.
Robert Scheer
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lakers
Progressives looking for a team to back in the NBA Finals should steer clear of the Orlando Magic, since their owner, Dick DeVos, is a powerful right-wing zealot.
Dave Zirin
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The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued
As alleged spy conspiracies go, the case against Izzy is thinner than Paris Hilton.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
Orchids and Lilacs: Darwin, Lincoln and Slavery
What are the intellectual costs of recasting Lincoln and Darwin into heroes for our troubled times?
Nicholas Guyatt
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Back Talk: Graham Parker
A conversation with the author of Fair Use: Notes From Spam about spam, scambaiters and language games.
Christine Smallwood
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Off Camera: Civil Rights in the North
Sweet Land of Liberty is a bold, if decidedly underdramatic, rewriting of civil rights history.
Scott Saul
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Inquisitions
From Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, tales of the Devil and wise women, torturers and the tortured.
Eduardo Galeano
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The Age of Paine
It was Tom Paine, ink-stained wretch and citizen of the world, who first roused American patriots to action.
John Nichols
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3174
ACROSS
1 Do members of them call each other “mates,” which is wrong? (5)
Frank W. Lewis