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Chicago’s Other Community Organizer
Rep. Jan Schakowsky wants to solve the deficit crisis without soaking the lower- and middle-class.
January 2011
COVER STORY
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Terrorist by Association
The Justice Department targets nonviolent solidarity activists.
Features
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Your Holiday Guide to Deficit Reduction
10 ways to pleasure your base while (maybe) saving some cash.
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A Three-Point Plan to Save Democrats
The party must reconnect to its populist roots.
Act Locally
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Black Farmers Still Losing Ground
A new federal lawsuit settlement won't stem the decline in black land ownership, activists say.
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India’s Green Party Maverick
The 'poor man's Ralph Nader' tries to turn a green movement into a mass movement.
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Kosher Gets Ethical
A new standard is about to remake American Jews' dietary code.
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Fighting for Peace of Mind
Operation Recovery tries to stem war’s mental wounds.
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ITT Ideologist: WikiLeaks and Diplomatic Damage Control
Dear Reader, Your ITT Ideologist has gained access to the damage control messages that Secretary of State Hillary... more
culture
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The Babbitt of the Bobos
Is David Brooks America's most misguided pundit?
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film
Get Angry: The Year’s 10 Best Political Docs
From Eliot Spitzer to Daniel Ellsberg, documentary filmmakers didn't lack engrossing subjects this year.
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books
Autopsy of an Auto Plant
The new book Punching Out is brilliant Detroit-style immersion journalism.
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Death and Crossing
Too many migrants meet Santa Muerte.
Columnists
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Back Talk
WikiLeaks: The TMZ of Global Politics
It is the morning after the third WikiLeaks bomb. In addition to the embarrassing content of the embassy... more
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How to Manufacture a Disease
After the FDA approves a new drug, it rarely faces follow-up studies that might reveal serious and possibly... more
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The Third Coast
Chicago’s Torture Cop Awaits His Sentence
G. Flint Taylor should be basking in the glow of vindication as he awaits the January 20 sentencing of... more
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Public Defender
Good Profits and ‘The Good War’
Now in its tenth year, the war in Afghanistan is the longest in U.S. history. And as... more
