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Feature
HIV Mystery: Solved?
A remarkable new therapy could finally stop the virus’s spread in the US. But first, it’s gotta work for the people most at risk.
Tim Murphy
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Meet the Heroic Greeks Rescuing the Refugees the EU Has Abandoned
They’ve stepped into the gap, offering practical support to the thousands arriving daily on their shores.
Kia Mistilis
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President Donald J. Trump—It Could Happen
His promise to protect jobs and change trade policies could win over blue-collar workers, especially in the industrialized swing states.
John Nichols
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Bernie Sanders, the Foreign-Policy Realist of 2016
Of all the presidential candidates of either party, Bernie is actually the most sober and clear-eyed.
Robert English
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Editorial
My Life as a Tour-Bus Driver in LA
It sent me right back to The Day of the Locust—the masses ultimately want to cannibalize their celebrity gods.
Mike Davis
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5 Books: The Pre-History of Donald Trump
Before there was Trump, there was the rise of the radical right.
Timothy Shenk
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Apple Is Right to Challenge the FBI
But its case should only be the beginning of protecting our devices.
The Editors
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Column
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Why Are Public Broadcasters Parroting Conservative Talking Points?
The moderators at the recent PBS debate followed a right-wing script on how to frame Democratic issues.
Eric Alterman
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This Film Is the Gem at a Controversial Oscars
Last Day of Freedom is a haunting animated film about a veteran sent to death row.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
The Weirdness and Joy of Black Mountain College
Can the art of teaching art be exhibited? No, but people keep trying.
Barry Schwabsky
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‘On the Edge’ Gives No Pleasure
Rafael Chirbes’s second work to be translated into English operates like a psychological health tonic: It’s corrosive going down, but afterward the effect is invigorating.
Aaron Thier
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Whodunit, Ruth Rendell?
The British crime novelist’s work displays a growing acuity of psychological perception and an authority to her moral vision.
Charles Taylor
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Missionaries of the Middle East
How 19th-century American evangelicals came to have second thoughts about doing missionary work in the Ottoman empire.
Nicholas Guyatt
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Letters
Letters From the March 14, 2016, Issue
Southern discomfort… what’s gender got to do with it?… no nukes are good nukes… Flint without fire…
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