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Edward Hopper: August in the City, 1945 Edward Hopper: August in the City, 1945

You've got to learn how to dance and speak lots of languages and pull ideas out of your hat.

Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ernest Farrés

Lippmann and the News Lippmann and the News

In the early 1900s Walter Lippman laid the groundrules for public debate in America. Have the US media followed his prescriptions?

Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Michael Schudson

Tilted Ash Tilted Ash

A retrospective exhibition of Martin Puryear's sculptures reinvents MoMA's signature atrium space as a site for spiritual longing.

Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Waiting for Godot in a Wasteland Waiting for Godot in a Wasteland

The most devastated neighborhood in America makes an ideal backdrop for a morally ambiguous play about abandonment.

Dec 13, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Billy Sothern

GWOT: Thailand GWOT: Thailand

Fear of terrorism has enabled Thailand's military dictatorship.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Noy Thrupkaew

GWOT: Pakistan GWOT: Pakistan

As the Taliban gains strength, a nascent democracy in Pakistan withers.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Shahan Mufti

GWOT: The Philippines GWOT: The Philippines

Since 9/11 the Philippines have seen an explosion of political killings.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Luis H. Francia

GWOT: El Salvador GWOT: El Salvador

A new anti-terrorism law gives El Salvador carte blanche to stifle dissent.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Wes Enzinna

GWOT: Egypt GWOT: Egypt

America's "war on terror" has strengthened Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's stranglehold on civil liberties.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / Negar Azimi

Forum: What GWOT Has Wrought Forum: What GWOT Has Wrought

George W. Bush's "global war against terror" unleashed a wave of repression felt around the globe. Reports from Egypt, El Salvador, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan.

Dec 13, 2007 / Feature / The Editors

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