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September 15, 2013
Nicholas Lemann
Stop Picking on the D.C. Elite!
This town is no worse than your town
May 20, 2013
Nicholas Lemann
How Michelle Rhee Misled Education Reform
A memoir illustrates what's wrong with her brand of school reform
October 5, 2012
Nicholas Lemann
Barack Obama, Supportable and Inscrutable
January 27, 2011
Nicholas Lemann
The Will to Believe
July 8, 1996
Nicholas Lemann
Reed in the Wind
September 13, 1993
Nicholas Lemann
The Lawyer as Hero
The enduring legacy of Thurgood Marshall
May 5, 1979
Nicholas Lemann
The Power, The Glory, The Media, The Men, The Money, The Irony, The Symbols, America, The Meaning of It All
Oh What a Big Deal This Is.
April 7, 1979
Nicholas Lemann
Protégé Power
The wonderful world of special assistants.
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