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Who is Really on Trial?
Adam Serwer
The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed is as much about showing the world that America is a country dedicated to the rule of law, as it is holding Mohammed to account for his alleged crimes.
This July 2009 photo shows a man identified by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed. (AP Photo/www.muslm.net)
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Remembrances of Battles
Tara McKelvey
The unpacking of war memories is a fragile and brutal affair. But it's necessary to determine the truths of combat.
(Flickr/Chris Deno)
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The Company We Keep
Ann Friedman
If each liberal "special interest" group is actually just in it alone, what's the point of a common ideology?
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and Senator Dianne Feinstein at the Human Rights Campaign's 2009 Los Angeles Gala. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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Recognizing Jeanne-Claude
Kriston Capps
The lesser known half of the artistic duo behind installations such as The Gates battled not just the art world's sexism, but its willingness to ignore the logistical work behind site-specific art.
Jeanne-Claude and Christo give the Duncan Phillips lecture at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (The Phillips Collection/Lloyd Wolf)
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The Mammogram Mess
Paul Waldman
November 24, 2009 | web only
Last week, new guidelines for breast cancer screening inspired a panic. Will we ever be able to discuss effective health care reasonably?
Faster, Please
Paul Starr
November 23, 2009
Democrats in Congress should focus on enacting job
measures and health reforms that show voters immediate progress.
Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Joanne Kenen
November 20, 2009 | web only
It's not just about tort reform anymore. Using progressive solutions to fix the malpractice system could result in better health care for all.
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Truth in Labeling
Larry Glickman
November 25, 2009 | web only
The current backlash against consumer financial regulation sounds awfully familiar.
One More Bubble to Go
Jeff Faux
November 23, 2009
We've relied on a robust dollar to see us through the crisis, but that cushion is about to disappear.
A Devil of a Job for Democrats
Terence Samuel
November 20, 2009 | web only
Forget making everyone healthy and saving the polar bears. If Democrats can't solve the jobs problem, next year's elections will be an uphill battle.
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Gay on Trial
Gabriel Arana
November 23, 2009
From our December issue:
After state-level defeats, lawyers are taking the case for gay rights to federal court.
Kathy Stickel at a gay-rights supporter rally the day before election day in Portland, Maine, on Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Iran's Crisis of Resistance
November 20, 2009 | web only
Matthew Duss
Facing heavy domestic criticism, the Iranian regime could seek to recoup lost credibility by causing more trouble in the region.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs
November 19, 2009
Sady Doyle
A defense of the teen-girl fan base that has made the Twilight books and movies so wildly successful.
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Ideas From the Other Washington
November 18, 2009
Julie Strawn
Policy reforms to increase student success.
The Graduation Gap
November 18, 2009
Christopher Jencks
America needs to do a much better job of increasing its college enrollment and graduation rates, especially for less advantaged students.
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The Afghanistan Strategy Dodge
Tim Fernholz
November 18, 2009 | web only
Separating strategy from questions of resources and personnel obscures the options.
Palin for President!
Michelle Goldberg
November 18, 2009 | web only
Palin's book is full of half-truths and self-congratulation. But for a woman aimed at 2012, such inaccuracies may not matter.
Obama Makes the Case for Attending Copenhagen
Matthew Yglesias
November 17, 2009 | web only
By lowering the expectations for what will be accomplished in the December meeting, the president has made a strong case for his own attendance.
The Left Fights Itself
Alexandra Gutierrez
November 17, 2009 | web only
In his new book, Michael Bérubé says the left is torn between radical politics and cultural studies. The loser, naturally, is its relevance.
When Hope Meets Reality
Paul Waldman
November 17, 2009 | web only
Obama inspired the country with his campaign, and now he must manage expectations of those swept up by his rhetoric.
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The Innovation Administration
Dana Goldstein
November 16, 2009
The White House assumes that newer ideas are always better, but that's not necessarily the case.
Saying Yes in Syracuse
David Callahan
November 16, 2009
A battered industrial city is leading the way in preparing all schoolchildren to succeed in college.
The Canadian Way of War
Tim Fernholz
November 13, 2009
Can we learn to fight from our staid northern neighbors?
The Left Splits Over Bagram
Adam Serwer
November 13, 2009 | web only
Is sending some Guantanamo detainees to Bagram a good idea?
That Old Republican Revival
Terence Samuel
November 13, 2009 | web only
Will the GOP be sufficiently rebuilt to challenge Obama and the Democrats in 2010? Probably not.
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Tim Fernholz is a writing fellow at the Prospect. His work has been published by The New Republic, The Nation, The Guardian, American Lawyer, and the Washington City Paper. He has been a commenter on MSNBC and C-SPAN.
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Recognizing Jeanne-Claude
Kriston Capps | web only
The lesser known half of the artistic duo behind installations such as The Gates battled not just the art world's sexism, but its willingness to ignore the logistical work behind site-specific art.
The 1960s, Refracted
Rick Perlstein 
While published decades ago, the works of writers like Stanley Crouch and Lisa Jones are still ferociously in the present.
Hard Times Revisited
Jackson Lears
Two new books show how the gap between the rich and the poor shaped the culture of the 1930s.
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