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Israel: Into Deeper Darkness Israel: Into Deeper Darkness

Border control is a fact of life for many human rights activists and political leaders. And it is a daily, humiliating reality for Palestinians and their relatives.

May 26, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Veil of Fears Veil of Fears

I don't like face-veiling either. But how does criminalizing Muslim women's clothing make them more equal?

May 26, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

As Elena Kagan’s Confirmation Hearing Approaches, We’re Reminded of John Roberts’s Promise to Be an Umpire Calling Balls and Strikes As Elena Kagan’s Confirmation Hearing Approaches, We’re Reminded of John Roberts’s Promise to Be an Umpire Calling Balls and Strikes

It's a shifty strike zone.

May 20, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

She-Lawyers and Other Improbable Creatures

She-Lawyers and Other Improbable Creatures She-Lawyers and Other Improbable Creatures

We're not anxious about whether Elena Kagan is gay. We're anxious about whether she's masculine.

May 20, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Ain’t That America… Ain’t That America…

"Real America" is nothing more than a state of mind.

May 20, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

Britain Braces for the Shocks to Come

Britain Braces for the Shocks to Come Britain Braces for the Shocks to Come

The Tories want to make budget cuts fast and deep.

May 13, 2010 / Column / Gary Younge

Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim

Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim

Those who most strongly believe that the world is fair are most likely to reconcile their distress about unearned suffering by blaming the victims.

May 13, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers?

What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers? What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers?

If the boom years failed to lift poor mothers into the middle class, how are they faring now that the middle class is becoming the new poor?

May 13, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With
 the First Debate The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With
 the First Debate

The man doesn't smile.

May 13, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the Gulf Oil Spill On the Gulf Oil Spill

Enough to make you ill.

May 5, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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