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Feature
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Alan Grayson: The Counter-Puncher
In a test case for Democrats, the fiery Florida populist takes on a stiff challenge from the right.
Mark I. Pinsky
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Grading ‘Waiting for Superman’
The celebrated film tells a familiar story about unions and schools—but misses what’s new.
Dana Goldstein
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Editorial
Obama’s Forgotten Base
The tragic irony of this political moment: the people with the most faith in Obama are the hardest hit by the economic disaster, and this brute fact is driving the enthusiasm gap.
Chris Hayes
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Noted.
Michael Tracy on the Republican filibuster of the DREAM Act and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, Peter Rothberg on the One Nation Working Together march and Jennifer O’Mahony on the Pope’s visit to England
Various Contributors
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Invisible Arab-Americans
It’s long past time for us to recognize Arab- and Muslim-Americans as an integral part of America’s complexity.
Alia Malek
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Column
The Problem With Peretz
With Marty Peretz, the problem is not a single racist statement, it’s a lifetime of them.
Eric Alterman
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Islamophobia, European-Style
In the George W. Bush years, there was little political capital in scapegoating Muslims. Now, apparently, there’s a lot.
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
The Group: On George Price
The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan.
Miriam Markowitz
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Good-Enough Objects: On Craft
How did craft become a calling that dare not speak its name?
Barry Schwabsky
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