Richard Kirsch

Richard Kirsch is executive director of Citizen Action of New York, an affiliate of Northeast Action and USAction.

Reagan Would Fail "Purity Test" Proposed for GOP | RNC right-wingers say their ideological correctness standard for candidates is rooted in Reaganism. But the former president would flunk.
John Nichols
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A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer | China's ambassador for climate change speaks on the eve of the Copenhagen summit meeting.
Robert Dreyfuss
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Coal Country | "This is a civil war."
Peter Rothberg
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A Blow to Privatization in Israel (and Perhaps Beyond) | A potentially historic ruling on prison privatization, in Israel.
Eyal Press
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Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman