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Death by Privatization
For-profit prison healthcare system implicated in death of inmate.
January 2010
COVER STORY
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Leftists, Liberalsand Losers?
How and why progressives must unite for real change.
Features
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Bigger Than Obama
Blaming the president for the slow pace of reform is too simplistic.
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This Is Your Country on Drugs
Melody Petersen talks about how we're hooked on Big Pharma.
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Mobilized in Motor City
How Detroit DSA works in the Democratic Party to effect change.
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Hope Is Not Change
Patience is not a virtue—and good things don’t come to those who wait.
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Why Year One Matters
Don’t listen to apologists who say Obama’s first year in office is not important, and who insist Americans must be patient for change.
News
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No Change for Obama
LGBT activists launch a boycott of Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.
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The Shipping Point
Between China and big box stores, minimum wage ‘temp’ workers take a stand.
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Independence and Catastrophe?
An Israeli group tries to democratize memory by recognizing Palestinians' 'Nakba.'
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Dear ITT Ideologist: Law, Order and Angry Atheists
Dear ITT Ideologist, Naturally, our plan at Law and Order for the forthcoming 9/11 Manhattan terror trial is to... more
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Free Speech, for Arts Sake
A Chicago sidewalk salesman prepares to sue his city.
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Snapshot: Market of Sacrifice
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—An Afghan man visits the animal market ahead of the feast of Eid al-Adha on November 26,... more
culture
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A Diplomatic Casualty of War
Matthew Hoh’s warning to Obama goes unheeded in Afghanistan.
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books
A History of Slander
A new book reveals what 18th-century French libelers and contemporary journalists have in common.
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books
Our Coffee, Ourselves
The rise of Starbucks reveals how we really live, and it ain't pretty.
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Culture
Losing Liberal Arts
Liberal arts education and the growing class divide.
Columnists
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Editorial
Obamas Ben Tre Logic
Yes, we have a new president, one who is smart and speaks in complete sentences. Yet we are about to jump pell-mell into escalating another war.
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Back Talk
The Worst Obsession in the World
Whether Palin’s utterances are factual or Beck is crazy are moot points. Rather than make fun of them, we should try to understand their appeal.












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