COVER STORY VIOLENCE LESSONS by Claudia Glenn Dowling with photographs by Donna Ferrato Abuse teaches at the same time as it destroys. One family’s attempt to unlearn it.

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COVER STORY

VIOLENCE LESSONS
by Claudia Glenn Dowling with photographs by Donna Ferrato
Abuse teaches at the same time as it destroys. One family’s attempt to unlearn it.

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PERSECUTION COMPLEX
by Ken Silverstein
A Mother Jones follow-up investigation on trading with dictators.

GARY BAUER’S MORAL DILEMMA
by William Saletan
A “morally informed” economic policy pulls the religious right to the left.

GENERATION †
by Lori Leibovich
Can a goateed God squad save Gen X’s soul?

PLANES, SUPERTRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES
by David M. Fine
They’re safe, earth-friendly, and really cool. So, where are the American supertrains?

TIME LAPSE
by Frank Viviano
A decade’s worth of powerful photography from around the world.

HIRING FROM WITHIN
by Michael Lind
A provocative approach to immigration reform.

DEPARTMENTS

EDITOR’S NOTE Fire Fighting

BACKTALK Rough trade; tears of a clone; mad scientist.

OUTFRONT
Danger in the Air
Tall Toy Stories
Dirty Book Keeping
Casting Call to Action
The Race for 51st Place
MoJo’s August Hellraiser: Socorro Hernandez Bernasconi
Chicken Sick
Updates: Organic Revisions, No. 1 in China, too.
Half Full of It

HOMEPLANET Following our own paper trail.
by Leora Broydo

WELLBEING A, B, and C: Spelling out the vitamin issue.
by Michael Castleman

MEDIAJONES The Good Books.
PLUS:Reviews of Rick Bass, Nathanael West, The Spinanes.

THE FUTURE OF…
…longevity.
Cartoon by Barry Blitt