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The Forever Ward

From cables sent by U.S. diplomats regarding the transfer of Guantánamo prisoners, among the 250,000 documents WikiLeaks began releasing last November. Despite a 2009 executive order signed by President Barack…

Castro’s List

Translated by Wes Enzinna,

From a list of 178 private-sector jobs legalized by the Cuban government following the layoff of half a million state workers in September. Translated from the Spanish by Wes Enzinna.…

Stumped Speech

by Chris Haire,

Paradise Swamped

by Paul Reyes,

The boom and bust of the middle-class dream

The Guantánamo “Suicides”

by Scott Horton,

A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle

Conning the Climate

by Mark Schapiro,

Inside the carbon-trading shell game

Final Edition

by Richard Rodriguez,

Twilight of the American newspaper

The Last Book Party

by Gideon Lewis-Kraus,

Publishing drinks to a life after death

Abolish Stock Options

by Barry C. Lynn,

Realign the Interests of Wall Street

by Joseph E. Stiglitz,

Contempt of Court

by Aaron Wider,

From a deposition given over two days last year by Aaron Wider, CEO of HTFC, a mortgage investor, to Robert Bodzin, a lawyer for GMAC Bank. In February, U.S. District…