Purple America
Bob Moser : Democrats are poised to seize a historic opportunity to win back voters in the South and West they started losing four decades ago.
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David Corn on Fred Thompson, neocon; Tracy Tullis on saving urban rivers; Stuart Klawans reviews The Devil Came on Horseback.
Articles
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A Grassroots Social Forum
Darryl Lorenzo Wellington : For 10,000 grassroots organizers at the first US Social Forum in Atlanta, the orations were secular and the pulpit was political.
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The Missing Class
Eyal Press : Sociologist Katherine Newman talks about the "near poor," that vast pool of workers who are neither officially destitute nor comfortably working-class.
Letters
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Our Veterans Have Spoken...
Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian & Our Readers : Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and our readers exchange views on "The Hidden War: Iraq Veterans Bear Witness" with authors Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.
Editorials & Comment
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The Populist Moment?
: Economic populism is the new flavor in politics, but it won't be authentic unless it's driven by and for the people.
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Fred Thompson, Neocon
David Corn : He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic
Lakshmi Chaudhry : The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.
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Impeachable Offenses
John Nichols : The burgeoning movement to impeach Bush and Cheney is a rational response at a time when 80 percent of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
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Dangerous Privilege
Aziz Huq : We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.
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A Bronx Tale
Tracy Tullis : From Providence to Los Angeles and even the Bronx, urban rivers that were polluted and even paved over are being restored.
Reviews
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book
I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
Andreas Huyssen : The reasons for Günter Grass's silence about his membership in the Waffen SS remain safely hidden in his new memoir.
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The Lives of Others
Carla Kaplan : Lois Gordon's new biography of Nancy Cunard brings the legendary heiress and activist back to life.
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Stuff Happens
Stuart Klawans : Reviews of No End in Sight, The Devil Came on Horseback, The Sugar Curtain and Sunshine.
Columns
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
All Rupert, All the Time
Eric Alterman : Will Rupert Murdoch's play to own and operate the Wall Street Journal have a silver lining for liberals?
Web
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Southpaw
Give Bonds His Due
Dave Zirin : It's official: He's the new home run king. Will the media ever get over it?
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TruthDig
The Terror America Wrought
Robert Scheer : Take a moment to remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, connecting the dots between that attack and US actions in Iraq sixty-two years later.
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Data-Mining Our Liberties
Aziz Huq : Despite blistering criticism of warrantless surveillance, the Bush Administration rammed a law through Congress that authorizes spying on our calls and e-mails. How did they get away with it?
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Emerging Writers
Learning to Love the Farm Bill
Matthew Blake : The bipartisan farm bill making its way through Congress offers real hope to feed the hungry at home and abroad and improve nutrition for poor kids. But it faces a likely presidential veto over, you guessed it, taxes.
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End of the Affair
Annabelle Gurwitch : The Nation Cruise drops its final anchor and its highly politicized passengers head for home.
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The War on Infrastructure
Barbara Ehrenreich : Describing the recent bridge failure and steam-pipe explosion as "cowardly attacks on our way of life," Bush today opened a new front in his permanent war on everything.
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At YearlyKos, Netroots Come of Age
Ari Melber : Hillary filibustered them, Obama wooed them, Edwards took them seriously. Now that the Democratic establishment is paying heed, can the netroots remain true to their egalitarian roots?
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Howl
Inflation's Undertow
Nicholas von Hoffman : Stop the rejoicing about the rise in the minimum wage. Thanks to inflation, the prosperity of the working poor and the middle class is at real and rising risk.
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Al Franken's Rising Fortunes
Jon Wiener : It's early in the game, but his bid to unseat Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman is gaining strength.
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Snakes on a Cruise!
Gary Younge : Who's on this ship? A lot of nice, intelligent people, a few 9/11 conspiracists, a self-righteous blowhard or two and an undercover reporter for the New York Times.
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A Rally in Juneau
Doug Henwood : Veterans for Peace in Juneau greeted the Nation cruise when it docked in their city with a rally against the war.
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The Stuff of Heartbreak
Doug Henwood : When an ardently progressive magazine sponsors a cruise through the fragile waters off the coast of Alaska, the environmental, economic and human realities are ripe for contemplation.
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TruthDig
Keeping Enemies Close--and Saudis Closer
Robert Scheer : What are Bush's real motives for the $63 billion Mideast arms deal to Israel, Egypt and Saudi America?
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Opportunities in Abstinence Training
Barbara Ehrenreich : Chastity advocates: Lay off the adolescents and concentrate on the vast numbers of middle-aged and elderly who aren't getting any. Make them feel good about their lifestyle choice!
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Red Zone, Green Zone
Tom Engelhardt : Pundits speculate the US can win stability if not victory in Iraq, but beyond the philosophical Green Zone they inhabit, life becomes ever more desperate for Iraqi civilians.
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The Loveline Conservative: Dr. Drew
The Independent Women's Forum channels Dr. Drew to tell women on campus how to live their sex lives.
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Crib Sheet: UN Convention on Ending Discrimination Against Women
The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was adopted in 1979...
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American Muslims Reimagined
A new generation of young, progressive Muslims break molds and forge community in America.
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Fighting for Youth or Fighting Youth?
A new push for gang legislation ignores the economic causes of crime.
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The New Bipartisan Capitalism
Daniel Morris : A new study addressing the plight the American worker in a global economy tries to solve economic inequity through tax policy rather than systemic change. A much broader vision is required.
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Soccer Lions of Mesopotamia
Simon Maxwell Apter : Don't buy the argument that Iraq's triumph in the Asian Cup is a miracle moment brought to you by Uncle Sam.
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Whatever These People Are On, I Want Some
Annabelle Gurwitch : Who knew what kind of people would be drawn to hop a cruise ship plying the glacial waters off the coast of Alaska to talk about--politics?
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A Man Who Gets His Way
Sydney H. Schanberg : A veteran newsman recalls Rupert Murdoch. Despite his promises to protect editorial integrity of the Wall Street Journal, don't expect him to get a soul transplant any time soon.
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President Rudy
Jon Wiener : How much worse a president would Rudy Giuliani be than George W. Bush? Author Kevin Baker counts the ways.
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Israel's Intrepid Peacemakers
Neve Gordon : Their numbers are dwindling, they're low on money and face potential violence and certain prosecution. But Israeli anarchists continue to stand with embattled Palestinians.
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I Didn't Throw Ralph Nader Overboard
Annabelle Gurwitch : In her latest shipboard dispatch, one passenger resists fear of global warming, is charmed by Rocky Anderson and manages not to do what so many others have contemplated.
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NBA: When Fans Blow the Whistle
Mark Japinga : Smelling blood in the unfolding Tim Donaghy scandal, some sports fans have embarked their own rabid brand of investigative journalism on--where else?--YouTube.
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The Making of No End in Sight
Akiva Gottlieb : Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.
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Howl
The Bloatocrats
Nicholas von Hoffman : The New York Times turns a spotlight on the super-rich who veil their affluence in assertions of the good that they do. It makes Gordon Gekko's naked greed look good.
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Olympic Dreams and Nightmares
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom : In the best of all possible worlds, 8-8-08 will be the luckiest of dates for China, as the Olympic Games put the country on display. Or it could become a real nightmare.
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It's Easier to Insure Pets Than Kids
Barbara Ehrenreich : Americans will spend $9.8 billion on pet healthcare this year. Why is the President so insistent that we can't provide health coverage to poor children?
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