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Feature
Washington’s War in Yemen Backfires
How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.
Jeremy Scahill
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Israel’s New Left Goes Online
The brash webzine +972 is challenging a political and media culture that has moved steadily to the right.
Sarah Wildman
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The Treason of the Senate
A famous indictment from a century ago aptly describes today’s corrupt legislative body.
David Sarasohn
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Editorial
Why Washington Shouldn’t Arm Syria’s Rebels
It would intensify the civil conflict and provoke a dangerous proxy war with Russia.
The Editors
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America’s Youth Uprising
The renewal of labor militancy and radical politics is being led by a rising generation with its own rock-and-rap passion.
John Nichols
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Noted
Connor Guy on Washington’s same-sex marriage victory, Reed Brody on the persecution of Baltasar Garzón
Various Contributors
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The Scandal of Michigan’s Emergency Managers
Unelected individuals are taking control of whole cities and school districts, from Flint to Benton Harbor to Detroit.
Chris Savage
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Column
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Wislawa Szymborska, 1923–2012
The great Polish poet disclaimed grand political schemes in favor of irony, wit, skepticism and the individual.
Katha Pollitt
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The Ugly Truth Behind Michigan’s Budget Surplus
Gov. Rick Snyder’s ruthless austerity measures have made the state a bleak place to live, work and go to school.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Wislawa Szymborska, 1923–2012
The great Polish poet disclaimed grand political schemes in favor of irony, wit, skepticism and the individual.
Katha Pollitt
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The Treason of the Senate
A famous indictment from a century ago aptly describes today’s corrupt legislative body.
David Sarasohn
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Galileo’s Credo
Two new biographies differ over the astronomer’s view of the relationship between science and faith.
Paula Findlen
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A Child of Sleepwalkers: On Gregor von Rezzori
A novelist’s grim portrait of Central Europe between the wars.
Lorna Scott Fox
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Shelf Life
David Orr’s Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry; Kenneth Goldsmith’s Uncreative Writings
Jordan Davis
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