Michael Moore's Sicko
Christopher Hayes : Michael Moore's healthcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.
Doug Henwood on private equity partnerships, Trudy Lieberman on Medicare, James Ron on Israeli architecture.
Articles
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The Medicare Privatization Scam
Trudy Lieberman : Will an upcoming vote in Congress signal the end of Medicare?
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Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?
Liza Featherstone : SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
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Nixon's Broadway Revival
Elizabeth Drew : Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.
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A War in the Heart of India
Ramachandra Guha : Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system?
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End of an Era at the LA Weekly
Jon Wiener : The Rupert Murdoch effect: The progressive LA Weekly has gone from a well-reported newspaper to a flashy tabloid with "gotcha" articles.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Get in It to Win It
: Front-loaded primaries and a volatile '08 race are creating unprecedented opportunities for progressives. They'll gain traction only if they form a smart, tech-savvy and cohesive movement.
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High Stakes on Health
Robert L. Borosage & Katrina vanden Heuvel : Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?
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Bloomberg's Day
Micah L. Sifry : Michael Bloomberg doesn't actually have to run for President to tilt the race his way.
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Blackstone's Bell
Doug Henwood : Is the private equity boom about to go bust?
Reviews
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The Iranian Impasse
Janet Afary & Kevin B. Anderson : Five new books explore the failed progressive movements in Iran, and the dilemma the US left faces today.
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Vertical Disintegration
James Ron : A new take on Israel/Palestine: Could Israel's architecture be the solution to the insoluble disputes?
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Blair Steps Down at Westminster (the Parliament, Not the Dog Show)
Calvin Trillin : How good a pup will Gordon Brown be?
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
The Assault on Reality
Eric Alterman : What do the Washington Post --and the rest of the MSM--have against Al Gore?
Web
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Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could
Kevin McCarthy : You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.
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Bush Seeking New Discredited Ideas
Eric Kenning : The White House announced that the President has run out of his own bad ideas and is looking elsewhere for new ones, even if they don't make any sense.
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TruthDig
Bush's Pakistan Paradox
Robert Scheer : He invaded Iraq, which had no connection to WMDs or terrorist threats against the US, while coddling the military junta in Pakistan, which was guilty on both counts. Go figure.
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Lebanon's Bloody Summer
Mohamad Bazzi : Rocked by violence and sectarian hatred, Lebanon faces its presidential elections in paralysis, bound to a political system that's no longer viable and stymied over what kind of country it wants to be.
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What We Owe the Working Poor
Annette Bernhardt : The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.
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OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC
Ari Melber : Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers and Mike Lux have launched a new website designed link progressive outsiders with DC insiders.
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Reclaiming Sports
Dave Zirin : Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.
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Independence Day for Libby
Robert Scheer : Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.
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Working for Change: Andrea Batista Schlesinger
Wiretap kicks off a new monthly interview column highlighting different career options in the progressive movement.
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Who Will Rock the Vote in 2008?
In 2004, a handful of grassroots music activism organizations registered over 1 million new voters. As many of these groups struggle for survival, who will use music to reach out to 50 million Millennials in 2008?
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Iraq, By the Numbers
Tom Engelhardt : No need to wait until September to see if the surge is working. Just look at the numbers.
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Students in West Virginia stare down the toxic silo of Big Coal. How will youth cope with the destruction of Appalachia and future environmental legacies? WireTap treks to the Mountain State to find out.
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This Land is My Land
Barbara Ehrenreich : The super-rich are taking over all the beautiful places in America. What's left for you and me?
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Take our Money, Please: Student debt no longer hits as hard for Mainers
Student debt no longer hits as hard for Mainers.
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Radio Days:Even college stations are subject to corporate pressures and playlists
Even college radio stations are subject to corporate pressures and playlists.
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A Peculiar Responsibility: Colleges and universities grapple with their ties to slavery
American colleges and universities grapple with their ties to slavery.
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Give It a Shot: Yale activists convince their school to cover the HPV vaccine
Yale activists convince their school to cover the HPV vaccine.
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Looking Out for Number One: American students do very little advocacy for themselves
American students are great at advocating for others, but do very little advocacy for themselves.
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Small-Government Schmoozing: Scenes from a libertarian journalism conference.
Scenes from a libertarian journalism conference.
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An Even Newer Left
Dan Berger : The US Social Forum in Atlanta drew visionaries and veterans--of war and social movements--to chart a course for progressives.
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Supremely Bad Decisions
Bruce Shapiro : With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.
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Emerging Writers
A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel
Jessica Weisberg : Shimon Dotan's documentary Hot House takes a candid and compelling look at Palestinians serving life terms in Israeli prisons.
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Southpaw
High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players
Dave Zirin : Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.
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Remembering Vilma Espín
Rosa Miriam Elizalde : A Cuban writer pays tribute to Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro and Cuba's first lady, who fought tirelessly for the rights of women in a male-dominated country.
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Saving Iraq
Robert Dreyfuss : Dire predictions aside, it's not too late for a unified, nationalist Iraq to emerge from the rubble.
Cover art by Drew Friedman, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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