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Obama and the Power of Symbols

Gary Younge
June 12, 2008   |    This article appeared in the June 30, 2008 edition of The Nation.
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Does Obama's candidacy represent a progressive paradigm shift--or is he just another mainstream Democrat?

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Gary Younge
Gary Younge, the Alfred Knobler Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute, is the New York correspondent for the ...

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Gary Younge
June 12, 2008   |    This article appeared in the June 30, 2008 edition of The Nation.
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