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The Evangelical Adoption Crusade

Declaring a global “orphan crisis,” US evangelicals ride to the rescue—with unintended results.

Kathryn Joyce

China Rethinks Nuclear Power

The world’s second-largest economy is emerging as a pacesetter in solar and wind technology.

Lucia Green-Weiskel

Europe’s Rising Islamophobia

What makes it so lethal is that it has broad appeal—from the far left to the far right.

Paul Hockenos

Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch

Thanks to Citizens United, thousands of Koch Industries employees were told whom to vote for.

Mark Ames and Mike Elk

The People’s Budget

The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s “People’s Budget” has been widely ignored. That’s too bad, because the right solutions to our budget crisis are in there.

The Editors

Policing Pregnancy

As abortion rights are eroded and fetuses are endowed with personhood, women are ending up in jail.

Michelle Goldberg

Noted.

What’s the best protest song you know? Plus, George Zornick on the lack of safety regulation for offshore drilling, one year after the BP spill.

Various Contributors

Teachers Aren’t the Enemy

The true problems facing public education are inequality and opportunity gaps.

Pedro Noguera and Michelle Fine

Memo to a Wall Street Highflier

Calvin Trillin

How Low Will the ‘Washington Post’ Go?

The newspaper should be taking a stand against education scams—but it’s dependent on one such program for its profitability.

Eric Alterman

The Royal Wedding Is a Class Act

The one thing I never thought I’d have to explain to Americans is why monarchy is a bad idea. Apparently, I’m wrong.

Gary Younge

The Cursi Affair: On Manuel Puig

The Latin Boom writers failed to appreciate the work of fellow novelist Manuel Puig, who wrote about housewives and homosexuals.

Natasha Wimmer

The Idler: On Geoff Dyer

Freedom to do just what he pleases defines the life and writing of Geoff Dyer.

Scott Sherman

Confession

Allan Peterson

Shostakovich’s Ambivalence

The musical and political strands of Dmitri Shostakovich’s life were intertwined like the braids of a noose.

Michael O’Donnell

Letters

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Puzzle No. 1629

From the April 24, 1976, issue.

Frank W. Lewis