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FEATURES
Outback Nightmares & Refugee Dreams By Charles Bowden When a few thousand asylum seekers hit its shores, Australia responded with a naval blockade, internment camps, and deportation. Now other nations are looking to the "Pacific Solution" as the way to be rid of refugees.
Up Against Wal-Mart By Karen Olsson Poverty wages, unpaid overtime, surveillance cameras, and an all-out war on unions: It takes more than everyday low prices to be the world's largest, most profitable retailer.
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A Tale of Two Chinas Photo Essay By James Whitlow Delano Text by Orville Schell In the new China, growth is good, and history is, well, history.
Living in an Age of Fire By Joann Wypijewski With some of their sons and brothers accused of being a "sleeper cell," the Yemenis of Lackawanna, New York, have faced the nation's small-town suspicion with silence.
The Patient Predator By Kevin Patterson Experts call it an "emerging epidemic" and "Ebola with wings." It preys on poverty and rides the currents of globalization. It's becoming immune to antibiotics. It's tuberculosis -- and it's deadlier than ever.
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DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note Masthead Contributors Backtalk
OUTFRONT Snuffing out the tobacco treaty; Iowa's medicinal bumper crop; DOD's $1,000 cheese warmer; Cheney's favorite Clintonite; snack PAC attack; the Valdez syndrome; plus Dr No freebies
EXHIBIT The Pocket Prez; the all-seeing eye; and our thirsty-fry guide
POWER PLAYS The Short, Unhappy Life of Campaign Finance Reform By Paul Taylor McCain-Feingold took six years to pass -- and six days to derail. A look at the grave future of campaign finance reform.
NOTEBOOK The Bad Guy By Miles Harvey In search of Jose Padilla: Is he an enemy combatant? Or the perfect fall guy?
THE SLANT As the World Burns By Ian Frazier Long ago, in a decade far, far away, the Bush plan on global warming begins...
EXPOSURE Balance of Power Kurdistan's balancing act
MEDIA JONES Carl Elliott on better living through chemistry; Ruth Ozeki talks about potatoes, politics, and PR; the Weathermen storm the screen; plus more book, music, and film reviews.
P.S. Political Fantasy Camp Cartoon by Greg Clarke
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