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The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy

The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy The GOP’s Voter Suppression Strategy

It didn’t work for Republicans in this election—but their war on voting is far from dead.

Nov 20, 2012 / Ari Berman

Israel’s War on Gaza

Israel’s War on Gaza Israel’s War on Gaza

As with Operation Cast Lead, Washington is directly complicit—and this time, Israel can argue it’s merely channeling US drone assassination policy.

Nov 20, 2012 / Phyllis Bennis

Noted Noted

David Sarasohn on the Native American vote, Elisa Wouk Almino and Jeff Ernsthausen on the push for Puerto Rican statehood.

Nov 20, 2012 / Various Contributors

Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests

Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests

You know you’re in trouble when the master of structural adjustment says enough is enough.

Nov 20, 2012 / Andy Robinson

Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded

Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded

If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?

Nov 20, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Mitt Romney Explains Why He Lost Mitt Romney Explains Why He Lost

Obama was clever as clever could be; To targeted groups he gave gifts that were free: Say, healthcare for free until age 26, And free contraceptives (for sex just for kicks). Debates in the primaries left our team bruised From harsh accusations the White House then used. Whatever the reason for losing might be, Of one thing I’m sure: it could not have been me. I’m perfect.

Nov 20, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Remember Savita Halappanavar

Remember Savita Halappanavar Remember Savita Halappanavar

Her death is a warning: It could happen here.

Nov 20, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Writing Without a Mattress: On Louise Glück Writing Without a Mattress: On Louise Glück

Louise Glück’s poems aim to get to the bottom of her experience without making an idol of “reality” or brute suffering.

Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Robert Boyers

Ragged, Unkempt, Strange: On William Faulkner Ragged, Unkempt, Strange: On William Faulkner

For all the ways it is rife with tenderness, fury and ugliness, William Faulkner’s fiction is stubbornly persistent in its artistry.

Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

Indian Song Indian Song

The stone is hard The stamen & pistil of this flower yet wild yet near   The city street is dark   This hand, these lips The stone is hard the city street dark   The wild woodlands break out open upon the subterranean plains yet wild yet near The city is dark

Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Ceravolo

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