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Reporter Who Brought Down the 'Runaway General' Dead at 33

Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Supreme Court Warning

Warren Opposes Obama Nominee, Lawmaker Urges Gender-Role Class for Kids, and More

The Terror Con

Quelle Surprise! Haiti on the Mend

REPORTS

Quelle Surprise! Haiti on the Mend
By Mark Kurlansky

How American University Got Involved in Israel’s Public Interest
By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law

Dead Man Walking, 20 Years On
By Amy Goodman

Immigration: Time to Choose Sides
By E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Ear to the ground

Warren Opposes Obama Nominee, Lawmaker Urges Gender-Role Class for Kids, and More

Wall Street Doesn’t Like What Fed Chairman Has to Say

Serena Williams Walks Back ‘Insensitive’ Steubenville Rape Comments

FBI Confirms Drone Use Over U.S. Soil

What Snowden Told Us This Week

Google Fights for Transparency in FISA Court

A/V Booth

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Supreme Court Warning

Rachel Maddow Gives Emotional Tribute to Michael Hastings

GOP Congressman: Abortions Should Be Banned Because Male Fetuses Masturbate

The Campaign to Ignore Sarah Palin

Arts & Culture

Ernest Hemingway: Dud KGB Spy?

The Joy of Singing Out of the Spotlight
By Richard Schickel

Let Nicholas Kristof Damage Your Mind

The Unwinding
By Marc Fisher

Digs

The Questions Education Reformers Aren’t Asking

Dig led by Mike Rose

Gore Vidal: His Life and Legacy

Dig led by Truthdig Staff

On Thin Ice: The Changing World of the Polar Bear

By Richard Ellis
$19.11

Tag: Hold

Illustration by Peter Scheer

Mystery Senator Blocks Sunshine Bill

A bipartisan Senate bill that would have created a public database of all government contracts has been blocked by an unknown senator. The bill, which passed its committee unanimously, can now move forward only if the mysterious senator who placed it on “secret hold” removes the constraint. (h/t: Crooks and Liars)