The Government War Against Reporter James Risen

The vendetta against him and whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling reflects an antidemocratic goal: the uninformed consent of the governed.

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How the World Let the Ebola Epidemic Spiral Out of Control

A swift international response could have contained the outbreak.

the Editors

Fighting Hong Kong’s Inequality Crisis

Though the territory’s street protests have largely died down, the pro-democracy movement proved it was in for the long haul.

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The Score: Does the Minimum Wage Kill Jobs?

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Policing Pain

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Comix Nation

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Snapshot: The Sacrifice

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Why Is ‘Yes Means Yes’ So Misunderstood?

California’s affirmative consent law isn’t actually all that radical.

Katha Pollitt

What’s Wrong With Comparing ISIS to a Disease

While the Obama administration used cancer metaphors to sell a war, it ignored the spread of a real disease.

Richard Kim

A Summary of the Realignment of Public Opinion Concerning the Agency Responsible for the Protection of the President and His Family

Calvin Trillin

Transcend and Organize

Pier Paolo Pasolini was a force against the incoherence hiding in every hypocrisy.

Susan Stewart

Gathering Fates

For the German novelist Walter Kempowski, there was no single unifying experience of World War II.

Michael Lipkin

American Minotaur

The flesh-eating creature of Gone Girl is a rampaging composite of dollar signs.

Stuart Klawans

Shelf Life

How did “one person, one vote” become the rule for statehouses across the country?

Peter C. Baker

Letters

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Puzzle No. 3340

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