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  • Illustration: Brian Cronin

    It's Their Call

    As democracy in China struggles for a foothold, communication professor Jim Fishkin’s deliberative polling experiment is pushing a governing principle that is both revolutionary and old-fashioned: ask the people what they want.

  • Photo: Glenn Matsumara

    Home Movies

    Reed Hastings founded Netflix as a response to irritation over video store late fees, and now his company is the one rental chains want to emulate. Having prospered with direct-mail movies, can he lead the way toward on-demand entertainment?