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January/February 2010 Issue
January/February 2010 Cover
Our State of the Union report; James Fallows on America's decline; Amanda Ripley on what makes a good teacher; Tim Lavin on late-night radio; Caitlan Flanagan on the trouble with school gardens; Ta-Nehisi Coates on Civil War battlefields; James Parker on 24; and much more. View Magazine
  • How America Can Rise Again
    James Fallows
  • The Happiness Index
    Justin Miller
  • What Makes a Great Teacher?
    Amanda Ripley
  • The Listener
    Timothy Lavin
  • Making History
  • Among the Mullahs
    Graeme Wood
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Crossroads

By Michael Bierut
January/February 2010 Issue
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