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Draft the Anthropologists
"Getting attuned to local cultures in Iraq and Afghanistan has meant reviving some military disciplines with troubled histories."
Issue 009
Stop Teaching Handwriting
"Handwriting is a blip in the long history of writing technologies and it's time to consign to the trash heap this artificial way of making letters."
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We Shouldn’t Pay Africans to Die in Iraq
"I met them in Sierra Leone. Former rebels, shopkeeper, barbers–now calling themselves Iraq vets."
Issue 008
A Call for Yuppie Communes
"Today's 20-somethings have built lives around friendships instead of creating new nuclear families."
Issue 008
Hollywood Can’t Get Africa Right
"The image of the continent has changed little since the days of [i]Tarzan[/i] and [i]Out of Africa[/i]."
Issue 007
Freelancers Need Universal Health Care Too
Daniel Brook on health care for freelancers.
Issue 007
Urban Entertainment Needs to Change Its Tactics
Ben Nugent on the black entertainment formula.
News
America Should Hire al-Qaeda’s PR Agent
Matt Armstrong on losing the PR battle in the war on terrorism.
News
Ruthless Humanitarianism
Why ignoring the private security option in Darfur is a mistake.
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Designs on the White House
What presidential campaign stickers tell us about the candidates.
News
Engineering Politics
What killer robots say about the state of social activism.
Business
Against Philanthropy
The business of giving is doing more harm than good.
Design
Art by Soner Ön
Art by Soner Ön
News
Peshawar Politics
What the Pashtun can teach America about foreign policy.
Issue 005
Internet Intervention
How Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft sold their souls to China.
Business
House of Credit Cards
The hazards of an economy built on bad loans.
Issue 004
Nodding Off
Can afternoon naps save your life?
Environment
Farm Aid
Why the demise of the American farm is more important than you know.
