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The NGO Republic of Haiti

How the international relief effort after the 2010 earthquake excluded Haitians from their own recovery.

Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman

The Letters of Kurt Vonnegut

Says editor Dan Wakefield, hIs writing “is done with such seemingly simple language and style that it sometimes seems shocking.”

Kurt Vonnegut

China’s Shaky Leadership Transition

It’s taking place amid deep intraparty divisions and growing public anger over corruption.

Peter Kwong

Remembering the Berlin Wall

The right celebrates Reagan as the cold war “victor.” American memorials tell a different story.

Jon Wiener

Bringing the Fight to the Billionaires

Whoever wins on November 6, progressive campaigns will continue to target the tiny elite that rules the country.

The Editors

How Does Bernie Sanders Do It?

No TV ads, no fancy consultants. The staunchly progressive Vermont senator is coasting toward re-election by talking about real issues, listening to voters and organizing.

John Nichols

Noted

Jessica Valenti on ending rape illiteracy, Christie Thompson on the ACLU’s lawsuit against Morgan Stanley, Rosamund Hunter on Russell Means, Lucy McKeon on Fisher v. Texas

Various Contributors

The Malalas You Don’t See

The Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban has rightly captured the world’s attention. But what about the invisible child victims of US drones?

Sarah Waheed

Three Republican Candidates Discourse on the Subject of Rape

Calvin Trillin

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days… and Fifty Years

Even now, our understanding of that fraught moment is built on falsehoods and myths.

Eric Alterman

Where Elections End and Politics Begins

The disaffection across the country goes way beyond an “enthusiasm gap.”

Gary Younge

The Letters of Kurt Vonnegut

Says editor Dan Wakefield, hIs writing “is done with such seemingly simple language and style that it sometimes seems shocking.”

Kurt Vonnegut

Remembering the Berlin Wall

The right celebrates Reagan as the cold war “victor.” American memorials tell a different story.

Jon Wiener

The Journeys of Fred Halliday

On socialism or the Middle East, Fred Halliday’s intellectual flexibility was one of his greatest strengths.

Susie Linfield

Singularly Adaptable: On Alain Mabanckou

In Black Bazaar, characters vent and stumble over their shared obsession with the colonial past.

Aaron Thier

The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days… and Fifty Years

Even now, our understanding of that fraught moment is built on falsehoods and myths.

Eric Alterman

The Letters of Kurt Vonnegut

Says editor Dan Wakefield, hIs writing “is done with such seemingly simple language and style that it sometimes seems shocking.”

Kurt Vonnegut

Letters

Obama 2012; unions are people; this is your brain on Darwin…

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3259

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto