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Breaking Up With Occupy

On its second anniversary, a sense of failure pervades the Occupy movement, as many core activists have moved on with their lives. But was it really all for naught?

Nathan Schneider

Fashion Models Are Workers, Too

Defying stereotypes, the Model Alliance gets serious about organizing—and writes its own law to protect the most vulnerable models: children and young teens.

Elizabeth Cline

Dollarocracy

Special interests dominate Washington and undermine our democracy.

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

A Win for Diplomacy

President Obama can now embark on a new foreign policy, one that rejects military interventionism in favor of an engaged internationalism.

The Editors

Bill de Blasio, Liberal and Proud

Why his campaign for NYC mayor has ignited the passion of New York’s progressives.

The Editors

Syria: Alternative to War

A diplomatic solution is possible.

Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel

Egypt’s Syrian Scapegoats

Syrians fleeing the fighting at home have found themselves targeted amid Egypt’s political upheaval.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Schools Need More Than the Common Core

The latest “school reform” silver bullet fails to address how children learn.

Pedro Noguera

Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15–October 15

Calvin Trillin

Poverty in 2013: When Even Diapers Are a Luxury

Being a poor mother in the United States today means reusing diapers and struggling to afford food. But House Republicans think they have it too easy.

Katha Pollitt

The Long Goodbye: On Steven Soderbergh

Hollywood’s wonkiest director hasn’t stopped working. He’s finding new problems to solve—and toying with us again.

Akiva Gottlieb

Shelf Life

Robert Neer’s Napalm: An American Biography; Juliette Volcler’s Extremely Loud: Sound as a Weapon

Peter C. Baker

Great Perturbations: On George Packer

The Unwinding is a fine-grained account of economic collapse that runs aground on causeless abstractions.

Chris Lehmann

Letters

Our Readers, JoAnn Wypijewski and Chase Madar

Puzzle No. 3294

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto