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Maternity Fashions, Junior Size Maternity Fashions, Junior Size

Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it's 2008!

Jan 3, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Toy Story Toy Story

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.

Jan 3, 2008 / Editorial / Daphne Eviatar

Obama, Race and the Presidency Obama, Race and the Presidency

Barack Obama's historic victory in Iowa comes at a crucial time for a nation still grappling with how remedies to offset racism affect America's power structure.

Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber

Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex

Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.

Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry

Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.

Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe

From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate? From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate?

The main threat to democracy isn't “Islamofacism” but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious...

Dec 20, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

‘Bad for the Jews’ ‘Bad for the Jews’

A paradox of American Jewish political behavior: they think like liberals, but they let belligerent right-wingers who demonize and distort their values speak for them.

Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

Western Promises Western Promises

From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.

Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marc Perelman

About Facebook About Facebook

As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber

Divided States Divided States

A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag

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