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Attack on the Middle Class!!

  • Will a confused and frightened citizenry vote against its own interests?

What Killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones?
A nighttime raid. A reality TV crew. A sleeping seven-year-old. What one tragedy says about the unraveling of America’s middle class.
Home Wreckers
How fishy foreclosures earned millions for lawyers like David J. Stern—and made the housing crisis even worse.
Junkets for Jesus
Why are congressmen traveling the globe to minister to despots on the taxpayers’ dime?
A Fistful of Dollars
Crime is rampant. The cops and courts are a joke. That’s why residents of Oklahoma’s Indian nations turn to a bruiser-for-hire like Ruben.

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Departments

Outfront

Gay? Sorry, no foster home for you; Al Gore’s inconvenient Truthers; Rand Paul’s media paranoia; secessionists from sea to shining sea; immigration judge burnout; the right’s legal shock troops; college carnivores vs. Michael Pollan

Mixed Media

The Omnivore’s Agenda, Going Androidgenous, music, books, and film reviews.

The Good, the Bad, and the Snuggly

  • Reduced-guilt gifts for the little people on your list

Econundrums


Cover illustration by Zina Saunders