It’s dangerous to express optimism about the economy these days. Europe’s financial markets remain fragile. China, which supports much of the world’s economy through imports, is too dependent on highly…

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Remembering the siege of Sarajevo

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How hippie Christians begat evangelical conservatives

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In search of a hero at the Bassmaster Classic

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On the second floor of a characterless hotel in the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar, a lithe, agile man in his late fifties restlessly paced his bedroom. His very British…

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Ron Paul’s generational movement

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A year and a half after the takeover of Zuccotti Park there exists a widespread conviction that Occupy Wall Street ultimately failed, and that it did so for lack of…

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China loses a populist star

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The price of North Dakota's fracking boom

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Occasioned by the tenth anniversary of the Iraq war

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Last month, Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States, the documentary series the director made with historian Peter Kuznick, completed its ten-episode run on Showtime. Those who unthinkingly dismiss…

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Garry Winogrand's late sprint

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Deciding who belongs in America

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Counting down to economic collapse in the Afghan capital

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As President Obama begins his second term, our gross domestic product is in recovery mode. But the jobs market is still in a Great Recession. Unemployment hovers stubbornly around 8…

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Mixed-media collages

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Confronting the trauma of sexual abuse

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Why we still fear vaccines

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Is the Arena Football League ready for prime time?

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Cockfighting in the ruins of Kabul

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The American dream has never been the rags-to-riches fable of the Horatio Alger stories. But there once was a real American dream, and it went like this: If you work…

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A paean 2 Prince

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Face to face with the infinite

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At September’s Democratic National Convention, Bill Clinton roused his party when he said that Republicans, having left Barack Obama with a “total mess,” were now complaining that the president hasn’t…

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The G.O.P. aims to paint the country red

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