The Turning?
Robert L. Borosage : Given the scope of conservative ruin, how do progressives seize the day? Start by challenging entrenched interests and ideology, and support candidates and causes while curbing the interests of big money.
The Editors call for conviction, not caution, from Democratic candidates, Ruth Conniff looks at how the Progressive Majority is revitalizing politics, Patricia J. Williams examines motivations at a hate crimes trial in Queens.
Articles
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How to Build a Farm Team
Ruth Conniff : The grassroots organization Progressive Majority has a modest ambition: Take over state and national politics by 2010. Welcome to the left-wing conspiracy.
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Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
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.
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The Future Is Now
William Greider : American politics is on the brink of momentous change. A deep shift in priorities and a surge of new ideas can lead to a new governing order grounded in a determination to give people back their future.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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On the Move
: It's time for conviction, not caution, as Democratic voters show they would support a party that promised the country a course correction--an exit from Iraq and an end to corruption and the ineptitude of the GOP.
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Fighting for a Fair Vote
John Nichols : Voting debacles in Florida and Ohio have inspired a new crop of Democratic candidates to run for Secretary of State, transforming an oft-neglected post into a platform for activism.
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Sweet Victories
Bold Ballot Initiatives
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen : Progressive organizations are learning to use ballot propositions to promote bold, innovative policy on the minimum wage, renewable energy, stem cell research and voting reform.
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The Pincer Strategy
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
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Progressive Values 101
Bernie Horn : In order to reclaim "values" from the right wing, progressives must frame the electoral debate in terms everyone can support: freedom, opportunity, security and responsibility.
Reviews
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The Zionist Imagination
Jacqueline Rose : As the founding father of the Zionist right, Vladimir Jabotinsky rejected Diaspora existence. Yet in his 1935 novel The Five he tenderly evoked it, offering a glimpse of something darker.
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Boxed In
Vince Passaro : In his new short story collection In Persuasion Nation, absurdist extraordinaire George Saunders offers a surreal depiction of the destruction of individuality through consumer mega-culture.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
As the Republican Base Grows Restive, George Bush and Bill Frist Receive Some Marching Orders From Karl Rove and Co.
Calvin Trillin : A vote to ban gay marriage always works like a charm.
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Borrowed Bodies
Patricia J. Williams : In a New York courtroom, a jury must decide whether a hip-hop-loving young white man who beat a young black man with a baseball bat is guilty of assault or a hate crime.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Truth Is for 'Liberals'
Eric Alterman : Five years into the Bush Administration, the press corps still can't figure out how to handle the White House's primary media management tactic: lying.
Web
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Lieutenant Watada's War Against the War
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : In a remarkable, media-savvy protest, First Lieut. Ehren Watada has refused orders to go to Iraq, claiming the war and the occupation violate the Constitution, international law and Army regulations.
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When Soldiers Shoot a War
Kevin McCarthy : The War Tapes, a documentary shot by US soldiers and sanctioned by the military, may turn out to be the most powerful statement against the war to date.
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TruthDig
DeLay's Mission Continues
Robert Scheer : What is the born-again East Texas word for chutzpah? Whatever it is, Tom DeLay displays enormous amounts, as he exits Congress and faces corruption charges.
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Frank Church's Quixotic Vision
Forrest Church : A Father's Day remembrance of a courageous politician who, in an earlier era, challenged America to resist the apostles of fear who would barter liberty for false security.
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Politicos Court Netroots at YearlyKos
Ari Melber : The growing potential for netroots activists to define issues, mobilize voters and raise significant amounts of money drew politicians to the national gathering, eager to leverage their advantage with netroots.
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Heat Wave
Peter Canby : As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provocative new books.
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Howl
Nightmare Scenario
Nicholas von Hoffman : Exhausted and overused American forces could become so unglued that staying in Iraq may well become impossible. Then what?
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A Thirst for West Bank Water
Fareed Taamallah : Israel's "convergence" plan will maintain control over most of Palestine's water supply--dimming hopes for peace and a viable Palestinian state.
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Wall Street Doesn't Like This War
Ken Miller : High levels of uncertainty, poor management and an $800 billion expenditure on a venture that has put America's brand at risk all conspire to make the Street pretty skittish about Iraq.
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UN to US: End the Abuse
Ian Williams : UN Deputy Secretary Mark Malloch Brown's measured reprimand of the Bush Administration was not an attack. It was a call for real US leadership instead of the bullying tactics of John Bolton.
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