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Obama’s Racial Justice Initiative—for Boys Only

Black girls face daunting odds, too. Why does My Brother’s Keeper neglect their struggles?

Dani McClain

Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War

Fallacies of US policy may be leading to war with Russia.

Stephen F. Cohen

Can Monasteries Be a Model for Reclaiming Tech Culture for Good?

Hackers are transforming an ancient city into a prototype for the future.

Nathan Schneider

How the New Black Activists Are Fighting Back in Ferguson

Young leaders are taking advantage of digital media to advance the conversation about police violence.

The Nation

Snapshot: ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!’

Lucas Jackson

Renewing the Struggle for Racial Justice, Post-Ferguson

We must face the true causes of the chasm between white and black America.

The Editors

A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex

“Like Nelson Mandela, we must be willing to embrace the long walk toward freedom.”

Frank Barat

RIP, Robert Sherrill: A Man Who Never Kissed Ass

He was a passionate purist in his prose, his populist politics and his expectations of others and himself.

Victor Navasky

Zephyr Teachout for Governor of New York

A vote for Teachout is a demand for a more progressive, ideas-driven politics.

The Editors

Deep Pockets

Calvin Trillin

Obama Is Responsible for the Protests in Ferguson—but Not in the Way You Think

Despite his best efforts to be the embodiment of respectability, it turns out Barack Obama is a role model for resistance.

Melissa Harris-Perry

The Haus of Maus

Art Spiegelman’s twitchy irreverence

Alisa Solomon

Hope Against Hope

Jeff Koons and the art of blissful idiocy; Kara Walker’s art of subtlety.

Barry Schwabsky

Science as Salvation?

Marcelo Gleiser wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.

Michael Saler

Letters

Who wants pot to be illegal?… BDS: every little bit helps… on the beach… son of Deadline Poet…

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3334

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

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto