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Why foreign aid doesn’t work
Suzy Hansen
An economist says big ideas to "end poverty" have failed for decades -- and that the West needs to fight the war one village at a time.
Hammer blows
Michael Scherer
GOP leaders paid their last respects to the fallen House leader -- then fled the press. But Democrats want to talk about Tom DeLay until November.
Duke exposed
Alice Bumgarner
The rape allegations against the university's lacrosse team have laid bare racial tensions in Durham, and united town and gown against the same target: The "privileged."
Abramoff’s offer to Sudan
Farhad Manjoo
The lobbyist Jack Abramoff once offered to talk up Sudan, a governement with a terrible human-rights record, to his friends on the right.
No fear
Jessica Valenti
Decades after she made the "zipless fuck" famous, Erica Jong still has a lot to teach young feminists about sex -- and speaking out.
Just say it’s sunny
Linda Baker
Why is global warming a forbidden topic for most TV weather reporters? Climate change is "controversial" and bad for ratings.
Silence in junk-science land
Andrew Leonard
No fanfare for anti-environmentalist crusader Steve Milloy's crushing defeat.
Hateful wedding wishes from the left
Rebecca Traister
Huffington Post readers flay Campbell Brown for marrying right.
In Limbaugh’s world, a rape victim is a “ho”
Farhad Manjoo
The radio host says that something's fishy about the allegation that students on the Duke lacrosse team gang-raped an exotic dancer.
Mixed vibes from Good Vibrations
Tracy Clark-Flory
Sex toy retailer, famous as a worker co-op, restructures in hopes of growth.
Uncertainty and horror in Baghdad
Riverbend
Things are so bad here now, the TV warns us not to trust the police. And more and more people, like my cousin, must pay terrible visits to the morgue.
Why the “opt-out revolution” is a comforting lie
Tracy Clark-Flory
Family-studies professor takes on the myth of mothers forsaking the workforce in droves.
“Big Steve” and Abu Ghraib
Mark Benjamin, Michael Scherer
Salon has uncovered more allegations against a civilian interrogator accused of abuse at the prison. Why has he never been prosecuted?
“Saddam chose to deny inspectors”
Joe Conason
Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled.
Tuvalu is drowning
Alexandra Berzon
The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
“The Devil and Daniel Johnston”
Stephanie Zacharek
This sprawling, affectionate documentary captures the fragile spirit of a folk phenomenon who inspired performers like Sonic Youth and Kurt Cobain.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
The Beastie Boys' fan-shot concert film: For frat guys only? Plus: Matthew Barney's latest ... starring Bjork and a whole lot of Vaseline.
“Explorers of the New Century”
Laura Miller
Magnus Mills' mysterious novel pits brave adventurers against each other in a race to the furthest point from civilization.
Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP
Michelle Goldberg
At a messianic "War on Christians" conference, Tom DeLay warned that "the future of man hangs in the balance" as other righteous souls demanded that gay sex be explicitly described to restore "shame."
War of the blogs
Scott Rosenberg
New books by Instapundit and Kos present dueling visions of the future -- as libertarian paradise or populist battleground.
Angry pro-choice Republicans
Sarah Goldstein
What happens when you're pro-choice and your party goes all "no exception for rape and incest" on you?
Immigration’s race card
Andrew Leonard
Are civil rights for blacks and immigrant rights on opposite sides of the border?
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