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Feature
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In the Age of WikiLeaks, the End of Secrecy?
For a healthy democracy, transparency is the best medicine.
Micah L. Sifry
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After Silvio Berlusconi, Nichi Vendola?
Can an openly left-wing, openly gay politician from the South revive an Italy in deep malaise?
Frederika Randall
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Editorial
Madisonian Democracy
The spirit of democratic protest, so vibrant across the Middle East, has been kindled here in Middle America.
The Editors
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Noted.
Carmel DeAmicis on pizzas for protesters, Molly O’Toole on solidarity rallies and Judith Friedlander on Hungary’s crackdown on media
Various Contributors
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Why Washington Doesn’t Care About Jobs
For the condo-buying, sushi-eating Beltway elite, the recession is over. For the rest of America—not so much.
Chris Hayes
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The Arab Spring
Suddenly, people all over the Arab world are feeling a sense of pride—and the West is paying attention.
Rashid Khalidi
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The Peace Corps at 50: An Enduring Legacy of Cultural Exchange
A former legal counsel for the corps argues for its continuing usefulness.
Frank Sheed
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The Peace Corps at 50: Remnant of a Bygone Era?
A former volunteer offers a more timely—and radical—alternative.
Karen Rothmyer
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Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood
Progressive service organizations connect real world needs to Beltway advocacy and lobbying. Conservatives fear and loathe that.
Ilyse Hogue
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Column
In Its Crusade Against Choice, Has the GOP Gone Too Far?
Not content with depriving women of reproductive healthcare, House Republicans want to starve them and their children too.
Katha Pollitt
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The War on Women’s Futures
The ultimate aim of the GOP’s social agenda is to force women back into the home.
Melissa Harris-Perry
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Books & the Arts
Wrinkles in Time: On Joanna Ruocco
For Joanna Ruocco, language is a multiplier of worlds, a portal to alternate realities.
David Carroll Simon
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An Accelerated Grimace: On Cyber-Utopianism
Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus is the latest monotonous revery about the Internet social revolution. Evgeny Morozov punctures that bubble.
Chris Lehmann
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A Signature Copy
Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy; Matt Porterfield’s Putty Hill; Patricio Guzmán’s Nostalgia for the Light; J. Hoberman’s new book, An Army of Phantoms
Stuart Klawans
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 1623
This puzzle originally appeared in the March 13, 1976, issue. Next week we’ll have five new ones, by the finalists in the competition to replace Frank W. Lewis.
Frank W. Lewis