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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama ‘Has Tried to Lead by Consensus’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama ‘Has Tried to Lead by Consensus’

How can Obama boost his chances of re-election?

Feb 15, 2012 / Press Room

2012: Year of the Woman? 2012: Year of the Woman?

Challenging the Republican men who are waging the War on Women.  

Feb 15, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Manhattan District Attorney Subpoenas Occupy Protester’s Twitter Account Manhattan District Attorney Subpoenas Occupy Protester’s Twitter Account

Law enforcement appears to be regularly sending subpoenas to social media companies. This time, the target found out about it.

Feb 15, 2012 / Emily Jane Goodman

Jeremy Lin! Why the Knicks’ New Star Is Not the New Tebow Jeremy Lin! Why the Knicks’ New Star Is Not the New Tebow

It’s an easy comparison. It’'s also dead wrong. The conflation of their stories does little more than burnish Tebow’s credentials at Lin’s expense.

Feb 15, 2012 / Dave Zirin

Israel’s New Left Goes Online Israel’s New Left Goes Online

The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.

Feb 15, 2012 / Feature / Sarah Wildman

Galileo’s Credo

Galileo’s Credo Galileo’s Credo

Two new biographies differ over the astronomer’s view of the relationship between science and faith.

Feb 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

What Are You Missing? What Are You Missing?

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Feb 14, 2012 / The Nation

I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era

I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era I’m Every Woman: Whitney Houston, the Voice of the Post–Civil Rights Era

Dismissed as inauthentic and overlooked by rock critics, Houston inspired a rainbow connection of Gen X and Y singers to belt across the colorline.

Feb 14, 2012 / Daphne A. Brooks

How the 1 Percent Loves: The $100,000 Valentine How the 1 Percent Loves: The $100,000 Valentine

Lest any of us forget, some people have plenty of money to throw around. A $100,000 Valentine anyone? 

Feb 14, 2012 / Laura Flanders

This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex

This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex This Valentine’s Day, Occupy the Romantic-Industrial Complex

Let's find a way to honor relationships that does not rely on buying stuff.

Feb 13, 2012 / Samhita Mukhopadhyay

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