March 28, 2011 Issue
Cover art by: Cover photo by Joseph Dana, design by Milton Glaser Incorporated
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Feature
The New Israeli Left
Activists march side by side with Palestinians against the wall and the occupation.
Joseph Dana and Noam Sheizaf
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Gitmo in the Heartland
Inside the secret, mostly Muslim prisons that ban virtually all contact with the outside world.
Alia Malek
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Food Stamps for Good Food
Should the program target hunger and obesity by promoting consumption of fruits and veggies?
Melanie Mason
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Vermont’s Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare
Could the Green Mountain state be the first in the country to offer accessible healthcare to all its citizens?
Steve Early
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Editorial
Obama’s ‘War on Terror’
Between indefinite detentions in Guantánamo and the treatment of Bradley Manning, President Obama has shown that the poisonous shards of Abu Ghraib are still with us.
The Editors
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Showdown in Wisconsin
The mass mobilization in Wisconsin was powerful. But Governor Scott Walker remained determined to disempower unions.
John Nichols
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The Oil-Food Price Shock
The cost of food skyrockets as oil prices rise, triggering political unrest.
Michael T. Klare
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Column
License and Liberty
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church can’t be punished for picketing at funerals. Is this really a win for free speech?
Patricia J. Williams
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Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, attacks on unions aren’t about budget savings. They’re about dismantling the final barrier to the domination of American politics by the power of money.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
Little Resistance to Gravity: On Lynda Benglis and David Hammons
Radiant and obscure, the art of Lynda Benglis and David Hammons has a way of hiding itself.
Barry Schwabsky
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Beyond the Barricades: On Deb Olin Unferth
Dylan’s Mr. Jones was confused by revolution; the persona of Deb Olin Unferth’s memoir is nonchalant about it.
Madison Smartt Bell
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Scotland Yard: The Jamaican-British Encounter
An essay adapted from the forthcoming The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica.
Ian Thomson
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Letters
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