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Politics and government

American Vespers

by Earl Shorris,

The ebbing of the body politic

More Government, Please!

by Thomas Frank,

Broken Britain

by Ed Vulliamy,

Nothing is left of the family silver

Endgame

by Alexei Osin, Irina Vorobieva,

Among the banana eaters

by Patrick Graham,

The middle-class rebels behind Libya's revolution

Pennies from Heaven

by Chris Lehmann,

How Mormon economics shape the G.O.P

Family Ties

From character descriptions for the Afghan television show The Ministry, written by the show’s producers, Kaboora Productions. The show, which aired on Afghanistan’s Tolo TV in August, is shot in…

Body politic

by Kirk Butts,

Learning from Sting

by Ariel Dorfman,

A Letter to Barack Obama

by George McGovern,

George McGovern in New Hampshire, 1972. © Constantine Manos/Magnum Photos When President Franklin Roosevelt came into office in the depth of the Great Depression, he sought to stabilize and…

Law & odor

by Brian Banda,