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Feature
Michelle Obama’s Moves
Has the first lady’s anti-obesity campaign been too accommodating toward the food industry?
Bridget Huber
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The Myth of the ‘War On Coal’
Despite Romney’s claims, Obama poses little threat to the industry.
Ken Ward Jr.
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The Economic Crisis Both Presidential Candidates Are Ignoring
Instead of addressing the real problems, Obama and Romney are focusing on deficit reduction.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
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On the Road With Working America
In the depressed former steel towns of western Pennsylvania, disillusionment with all politicians is deep. The AFL-CIO's labor affiliate is trying to change that.
Josh Eidelson
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Tagg Team: The Romney Family Recipe for Crony Capitalism
How investors in Tagg’s firm Solamere Capital can cash in if his father wins.
Lee Fang
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Editorial
Year of the Woman?
Outrageous GOP attacks on women could result in a repeat of the 1992 phenomenon, which saw an upsurge in women elected to Congress.
The Editors
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Fightback on Voting Rights
An important court decision stayed the GOP’s voter-suppression scheme in Pennsylvania. But that battle, and others like it across the nation, is only just beginning.
Ari Berman
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Noted
Jeff Ernsthausen on the Free the Files project, Richard Lingeman on The Billionaire's Manifesto, Peter Dreier on honoring Pete Seeger, Liliana Segura on California's juvenile lifers, the editors on the Afghan war at 11
Various Contributors
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The Colorado Cannabis Factor
Turnout for a popular ballot measure that would fully legalize marijuana could determine whether Obama or Romney wins this important swing state.
Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian
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Column
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Debate This!
Women were not the only ones left out of the last presidential debate. Here’s what the next moderator should ask.
Katha Pollitt
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Our Lizard-Brain Politics
We dismiss the anti-intellectualism of the right at our own peril.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals
How in 1960s Berkeley the state waged a two-front war to stamp out opponents, real and imagined, to its rule.
Steve Wasserman
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Makeshift and Marginal: On ‘The Master’
In Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, a drifter meets a rude awakening.
Stuart Klawans
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The Crazy: Writing the Iraq War
In memoirs and novels, Iraq vets reflect on war’s dehumanizing consequences.
Eli Jelly-Schapiro
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Letters
Letters
Fractivists get serious, “free” speech far from the RNC, la belle France nukes paradise…
Our Readers
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3256
Don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto