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Politics and government

Compromising Positions

by Thomas Frank,

Let us review. Barack Obama, who was lifted to the presidency four years ago on a great wave of progressive fantasy, likes to say that the national budget is like…

Welcome to Free Syria

by Anand Gopal,

Meeting the rebel government of an embattled country

Once More Unto the Breach

by Philip Gourevitch,

The other winner of France’s election

Letter from Brownbackistan

by Thomas Frank,

Ignorance of Things Past

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Who wins and who loses when we forget American history

It’s a Rich Man’s World

by Thomas Frank,

How billionaire backers pick America’s candidates

Untitled

by Michael Mitra,

Act of contrition

by Thomas Frank,

Calderón’s war

by Cecilia Ballí,

The gruesome legacy of Mexico's antidrug campaign

Anon, anon

by Harper’s Staff,

Something in the way

by Harper’s Staff,

Politics and government

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Compromising Positions

Welcome to Free Syria

Once More Unto the Breach

Letter from Brownbackistan

Ignorance of Things Past

It’s a Rich Man’s World

Untitled

Act of contrition

Calderón’s war

Anon, anon

Something in the way

January 2012

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