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Feature
The Real Hunger Games
Waiting lists for food aid have been growing for years—now almost 15 percent of the nation’s elderly don’t have enough to eat.
Trudy Lieberman
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Guantánamo in New York City
Americans remain mostly blind to the abusive treatment of terror suspects on US soil.
Jeanne Theoharis
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The Young, Low-Wage, Temporary Disaster Relief Army
Is AmeriCorps a lifeline for debt-burdened young Americans—or one more example of relentless government cost-cutting?
Max Rivlin-Nadler
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Editorial
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Happy 50th Anniversary, IPS!
For half a century, the Institute for Policy Studies has been an invaluable font of progressive ideas and action. We look forward to the next half-century.
The Editors
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Can Pope Francis Change the Church?
He’s saying the right things. Will the US Conference of Catholic Bishops listen?
Frances Kissling
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A Reboot for the AFL-CIO?
At its LA convention, organized labor vowed to reinvigorate organizing and strengthen progressive alliances. And not a moment too soon.
Josh Eidelson
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Column
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Pope Francis: Sexism With a Human Face?
He seems like a lovely, modest man, but there’s no sign he will change the church’s stance on issues that matter to women.
Katha Pollitt
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The Complicated Politics of Self-Exploitation
As the wealth gap grows, so have the number of ways a woman can sell her body. What is the cost?
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
In the Tank
Is sensory deprivation an escape from or toward the fatigue and distractions of the digital life?
Neima Jahromi
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Imagine: On J.M Coetzee
The Childhood of Jesus explores the fictitious dimensions of a just and compassionate world.
Laila Lalami
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They Didn’t Start the Fire
Jason Osder’s Let the Fire Burn; Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s After Tiller; Peter Morgan and Ron Howard’s Rush; anniversary wishes to Stuart Klawans from Rabbi Simcha Feffeferman
Stuart Klawans
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3296
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto