COVER STORY

Features

News

  • Lapham's Way

    On November 14 Lewis Lapham, who has been editor of Harper's since 1983, announced his retirement. Lapham is the originator... more

    By Aaron Sarver

culture

  • Bad Girls

    The typical American female TV criminal is nasty, cutthroat, cunning, duplicitous and sexy to boot. Oxygen, a women-oriented... more

    By Silja J.A. Talvi

Columnists

  • Editorial

    Their Patents or Your Life

    When the pandemic hits, should you or yours be among the millions who drown in their own blood, take comfort in the fact that the sacred rights of private property survived.

    BY Joel Bleifuss
  • Capitol Report

    In and Out Burglars

    The Republican majority's greatest policy success--outside of gerrymandering--is the K Street Project, Delay and Norquist's scheme to fill the plum lobbying jobs with ex-staffers, loyalists and cronies.

    BY Craig Aaron
  • Back Talk

    The Times Disses Women

    Over the past three years, the New York Times has trafficked in stories about women wanting to chuck their careers in favor of diapers and deference to men.

    BY Susan J. Douglas
  • This Is the Race

    As anyone who's spent time working on Capitol Hill knows, Washington, D.C., is really just an elaborate pressure system designed to... more

    BY David Sirota

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