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Editors' Picks, U.S., Books & Ideas

Government Under Review

Should we apply peer review to government?

Daniel E. Ho, Becky Elias

Science & Nature

Minding Matter

The quantum puzzle of mass.

Matthew Buckley

Politics

Jefferson: Hero or Villain? It’s Complicated.

It is almost impossible to grasp how much Thomas Jefferson believed in progress.

Richard Kreitner

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

What We Owe Each Other

Egalitarianism requires not just redistribution but equal social standing.

Martin O’Neill

Arts in Society

Uncertain Death

Critics take for granted that Primo Levi killed himself. But doubts remain.

Diego Gambetta

Global Justice, War & Security

In Syria, Keeping the Faith

Democratic forces persist amid brutal regime violence and sectarian conflict.

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Rights vs. Duties

In the age of human rights, the language of duties has withered.

Samuel Moyn

Science & Nature

How Stuff Works

Exploring particle physics. (Third in a series on experiments at CERN.)

Matthew Buckley

Arts in Society, Class & Inequality

The Not-So-Revolutionary Single Woman

The family is changing. Will the social contract catch up?

Jessa Crispin

Global Justice, Politics

A Country for Old Men

Prominent Hungarian intellectuals have taken surprising anti-immigrant stances.

Holly Case

Class & Inequality, Politics

The Privatization of Hope

Among the casualties of neoliberalism is the very possibility of solidarity.

Ronald Aronson

Arts in Society, Global Justice

The Look of Disaster

Comic books can document the horrors of war better than photos.

Elizabeth Hand

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