How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits
Joshua Kors : Wounded soldiers returning from Iraq are increasingly being wrongly diagnosed by the military, which prevents them from collecting benefits.
Ari Berman looks at one Congressman's commitment to wounded veterans, Peter Schrag draws lessons from California's immigration issues, Stuart Klawans reviews three films.
Articles
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As California Goes...
Peter Schrag : What can the nation learn from the Golden State's struggles to deal with its immigrant population?
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The CIA's Italian Job
Mohamad Bazzi : The story of Hassan Nasr, a victim of "extraordinary rendition" who was interrogated and tortured in Egypt for four years, is finally being told.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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ACT UP at 20
: The audacious and visionary organization has been a beacon for gay/lesbian rights and healthcare reform.
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Looking Out for Veterans
Ari Berman : Progressive Congressman Bob Filner is pursuing an ambitious agenda to secure proper care for wounded warriors.
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The Loan Shark Lobby
Garrett Ordower : With Democrats in control of Congress, prospects for regulating subprime lenders have improved. But don't hold your breath.
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Porn Cop vs. US Attorney
Max Blumenthal : A federal prosecutor fired as he was launching an investigation of a GOP Congressman now stands smeared by the White House and its antiporn crusader.
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Sami Al-Arian
: Dr. Sami Al-Arian could die in jail.
Reviews
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book
Veiled Intolerance
Richard Wolin : A batch of new books describe how European governments have dealt with Muslim immigrants and citizens since 9/11.
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book
Goodbye, Baltimore
Kate Levin : In a kinetic and searching memoir, Ace of Spades, David Matthews confronts the identity questions that bedeviled him growing up biracial.
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film
That's the Way of the World
Stuart Klawans : Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.
Columns
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
The Many Man-Crushes of Chris Matthews
Eric Alterman : Like Elvis, the host of MSNBC's nightly shoutfest just can't help falling in love... with Bush, Giuliani, Thompson, Romney...
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LOOKOUT
Class War in Conrad's Court
Naomi Klein : The jury selection for the trial of a Canadian press baron accused of looting shareholder earnings reveals popular discontent with the corporate elite.
Web
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Attorney General, Capital Punishment
Liliana Segura : As the US Attorney purge scandal intensifies, new light is shed on federal prosecutors' struggles with the Justice Department over the death penalty.
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Bolivia's Dance with Evo Morales
Benjamin Dangl & April Howard : More than a year into President Evo Morales's first term, Bolivia remains in a labyrinth, somewhere between reform, revolution and national crisis.
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Surveillance Makes You Paranoid
Nicholas von Hoffman : Reports that New York police conducted sweeping nationwide surveillance of people suspected of anti-Bush sentiment in 2004 just might scare us into silence.
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TruthDig
Pentagon Cowers Behind Tillman's Heroism
Robert Scheer : Outraged by a Pentagon report on the cover-up of Pat Tillman's friendly fire death, Tillman's parents finger Rumsfeld as the real culprit.
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A Question of Blood
Billy Sothern : History repeats itself for the white residents of St. Bernard Parish, who tried and failed to restrict rentals in their devastated streets to blood relatives, barring blacks and Hispanics.
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The War Against Google
Jeffrey Chester : Viacom, NBC and NewsCorp./Fox are waging war against Google in a high-stakes scramble to cash in on the unmined riches of the Internet. At what cost to us?
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Howl
Al Gore, Global Statesman
Nicholas von Hoffman : America has lacked a real leader for so long, it comes as a shock to see someone as visionary as Gore speak clearly to Congress about the climate crisis.
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Iraq: Innocent Targets
Iraqi youth cope with violence, insecurity and militias under the U.S. occupation -- WireTap hears from two survivors.
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Esperando a Mills
Ricardo Alarcón : Recordamos la vida y el trabajo notable del sociólogo estadounidense quien a pesar de la fatiga de la Oficina Federal de Investigación se quedó muy dedicado a la revolución Cubana.
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Waiting for C. Wright Mills
Ricardo Alarcón : Remembering the remarkable life and work of the American sociologist who, despite FBI harassment, remained engaged in the Cuban Revolution.
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