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Inside the Beast:

Lifelines, Lifetimes and Timelines: Hoisting Ourselves up the Fossil Chain

vol. 32, iss. 01    ,

China’s Valley of Tears

Is authoritarian capitalism the future?

vol. 31, iss. 12    ,

The New Road to Serfdom

Over the course of 500 pages in The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein documents the moments of chaos and disruption that allow a small coterie of experts to swoop in and administer what's invariably called "bitter medicine," "painful reforms" or "shock therapy"

vol. 31, iss. 12    , ,

The Disturbing Sounds of the Turkish March

The true problem with "militaristic humanism" resides not in "militaristic," but in "humanism," in the way a military intervention is presented as humanitarian aid

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Harry Potter and the Muggle Activists

Harry Potter is filled with a childlike magic that plays out in a world whose "dark and difficult times" often mirror those of our society

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

Survival of the Adapted

The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory takes the theory of evolution--"survival of the fittest," a phrase that appeared only in a later printing of Charles Darwin's classic text--and, in alternating chapters, juxtaposes the relationship between Darwin and fellow biologist Alfred Russel Wallace with Fries' curiosity about his own adaptations to a world unprepared for his body and his means of motion

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

Floating Utopias

The degraded imagination of the libertarian seasteaders

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Trending Toward Inanity

Mark Penn's new book, Microtrends, is so epically awful that it could take the entire polling industry down with it

vol. 31, iss. 10    ,

A Freegan World

Hundreds of urban activists, combining the words "free" and "vegan" have set out to change the way we think and act

vol. 31, iss. 09    , ,

Restoring Classroom Justice

Restorative justice in schools has picked up steam in response to "zero tolerance" policies, which lead to "schoolhouse-to-jailhouse tracking"

vol. 31, iss. 09    ,

Creating the 21st Century Library

The Prelinger Library eschews the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems, and is organized instead by what Megan Shaw Prelinger calls "a map of my brain"

vol. 31, iss. 09    , ,

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Daniel Brook's The Trap reminds us that inequality is bad for everyone, rich and poor

vol. 31, iss. 09    ,

General Failure

An enduring crisis in civil-military relations threatens America's future

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Giving Science the Finger

Generalizations based on hand shape not only are formulated from small pools of data, but smack of pseudo science.

vol. 31, iss. 08    ,

Who’s Afraid of Democracy?

Believing that "people are rational as consumers and irrational as voters," many conservatives would favor free markets without democracy

vol. 31, iss. 06    , ,

The Dreams of Others

By tying the drama to a mere personal whim, The Lives of Others fails to capture the true horror of the GDR

vol. 31, iss. 06    , ,

Curiosity and a Cat Named Studs

Legendary Chicago writer Studs Terkel celebrates 95 years on May 16, and a new book this fall

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In Praise of Pageantry

Art and activism together facilitate a larger discussion of politics and theory while reinspiring activists who are tired of the same old marches

vol. 31, iss. 05    , ,

Kurt Vonnegut’s Last Interview

The late, great author on family, freethinkers and the entertainment in Indiana

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Reclaiming What Makes Us Human

Through the ages, the killjoys of governing elites have been threatened by public expressions of collective joy

vol. 31, iss. 03    ,

Dreaming Up New Politics

Thinking different in an age of fantasy

vol. 31, iss. 02    ,

In You More Than Yourself

The revolutionary potential of the Internet is far from self-evident

vol. 31, iss. 02    ,
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