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You don't have to spiritualize sex to make it valuable, because by its very nature sex is a deep act of the interior life.... Oddly, pornography may, at its root, be an unconscious attempt to preserve the sacredness of sex. -- Sex (American Style)
FEATURES
JAMAICA KINCAID
Interview by Marilyn Snell
The author of The Autobiography of My Mother tells us why happiness is overrated.
A MOTHER JONES INVESTIGATION:
THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A SPIN DOCTOR?
by Richard Blow
Behind a key GOP strategist's "character" message lie allegations of wife-beating.
THE END OF THE RAINBOW
by Michael Lind
How liberals got race wrong, and what they can do to make it right again.
PLUS: Writers, scholars, and critics share their favorite statistics about race.
RACE TO THE TOP
by Bebe Nixon with photographs by Nicholas Nixon
Inside Boston Latin, the nation's oldest public school, as affirmative action wanes.
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER RACIST
by Art Spiegelman
The award-winning artist and Holocaust chronicler has a confession to make.
A BRAVE NEW YOU
by Walter Truett Anderson
How will we know who we are in 30 years? Four scenarios for the future.
SEX (AMERICAN STYLE)
by Thomas Moore
Why we need to bring sexuality out of the gutter and back into our public lives.
MY ETHIOPIAN VACATION
by Sandra Tsing Loh
A German mom, a Chinese dad, American kids, a few terrorists, and a '56 Buick.
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S NOTE The race course.
BACKTALK Dr. Susan Love on the hormonal imbalance.
OUTFRONT
Blood money
Nicole Hollander's rough justice
Top 10 activist schools.
HOME/PLANET
by Leora Broydo
A greener shade of paint.
WELLBEING
by Michael Castleman
Pesticides may harm more than just pests.
OUTSPOKEN China expert Orville Schell.
HOT!MEDIA Resources for advanced hellraising.
TOBACCO WARS
by Ted Rall
The empire strikes back.
Image: Thomas Heinser