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Feature
Have We Seen the End of the 8-Hour Day?
Unpredictable days, part-time work, and digital scheduling—welcome to the new battle over the clock.
Nathan Schneider
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Why Ed Miliband Might Not Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister
The collapse of his party’s Scottish heartland means an uphill fight for the Labour leader.
D.D. Guttenplan
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States Are Required to Educate Students Behind Bars. Here’s What Really Happens.
Since age 12, Cadeem Gibbs has struggled to reconcile his desire to learn with his incarceration.
Molly Knefel
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Editorial
The Real GOP Primary Is Almost Over
Candidates have been frantically competing for the loyalty of a handful of donors.
The Editors
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Chicago Is About to Offer the Nation’s First Reparations Program for Victims of Police Violence
Local advocates are poised to win a campaign for justice that’s broader than individual civil suits can offer.
Zach Stafford
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Why Were Atlanta Teachers Prosecuted Under a Law Meant for Organized Crime?
To understand the cheating scandal, look to flawed education policy.
Daniel Denvir
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Best in the Nation
Awards season.
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Would You Rather Grow Old at Home With Your Family or Alone in a Nursing Home?
How Ai-jen Poo’s radical vision for caregiving could remake our economy along more humane lines.
Michelle Chen and Sarah Jaffe
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Column
There’s a Reason Gay Marriage Is Winning, While Abortion Rights Are Losing
Are these two “culture wars” issues really that similar?
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
The Old Consciousness
Hilary Mantel and Penelope Fitzgerald have saved historical fiction from a middlebrow wasteland.
Leo Robson
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In Our Orbit: Vigilance
In Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom, the Underground Railroad is a network of dignity and defiance.
Richard Kreitner
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Rivalries
Clouds of Sils Maria is prolonged debate about the passage of time and the ceaseless rivalry of generations.
Stuart Klawans
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Shelf Life
“There is no such thing as not voting” is the faith that Darryl Pinckney grew up in.
Ari Berman
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Letters
Does Talking About ‘Women’ Exclude Transgender People From the Fight for Abortion Rights?
Abortion fund activists respond to Katha Pollitt’s opposition to gender-neutral language.
Our Readers and Katha Pollitt