• GOP Leaders: Challenge Palin's Competence

  Republican Party

  Judith Viorst: Sarah Palin's out of her league and a dangerous choice for vice president. Republican leaders have a moral obligation to speak out now and urge McCain to drop her.

• Joe Versus the Embargo

  Latinos

  Ethan Porter: In south Florida, Joe Garcia is taking on the GOP and the Cuban exile establishment.

• The New Senate Majority?

  Democratic Party

  John Nichols: Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.

• Sarah Palin, Affirmative Action Babe

  Sarah Palin

  Katha Pollitt: Affirmative action for potential leaders of the world's most powerful country: that's what the GOP stands for now.

• GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote

  Michigan

  Peter Dreier: A Michigan news site uncovers a GOP plan to deny people caught up in foreclosure proceedings the right to vote in November. Team Obama files suit to stop the practice.

• GOP Mocks Public Service

  Activism & Organizing

  Peter Dreier & John Atlas: Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

• Sarah Palin's Shotgun Politics

  Reproductive Rights

  Gary Younge: The vile politics of the party of abstinence stepped up to suffocate Bristol Palin in its embrace.

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• Dilberts of the World, Unite!

  White-Collar Crime

  David Sirota: Can a populist uprising flourish in a sector traditionally hostile to collective action?

• Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying

  Unions

  David Sirota: The American labor movement must guard the interests of those it represents--even if it makes people in power uncomfortable.

• Wanted: A Real Leader

  House

  David Sirota: Steny Hoyer spouts Beltway conventional wisdom no matter what the cost to his party; Jack Murtha has the potential to help revise our national security and economic priorities. Is there really a choice here?

• Mr. Obama Goes to Washington

  Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

  David Sirota: Barack Obama talks a great progressive game. But his record so far shows he has a proven ability to mix charisma with deference to the establishment.

• Newt's New Con

  Conservatives & The American Right

  David Sirota: No voice rings as hollow as Newt Gingrich's on the GOP culture of corruption. Incredibly, the media are swallowing his story.

• Minority/Majority

  Democratic Party

  David Sirota: While the Democratic Leadership Council issued a report advising Democrats to behave more like Republicans, Senator Russ Feingold has transcended party lines, forging a large, bipartisan coalition to revise the Patriot Act to better protect Americans' civil liberties.

• Minority/Majority

  US Politics & Government

  David Sirota: The Democratic Leadership Council purports to speak for Democrats, yet still employs former Christian Coalition official Marshall Wittmann to parrot dishonest right-wing talking points about the war. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi joins Representative Jack Murtha to demand withdrawal from Iraq.