Olbermann Rules!
Marvin Kitman : He's the guy who put the guts back into TV journalism.
Alexander Cockburn on Alan Greenspan, Byron Dobell on a memoir of postwar France, J. Hoberman on the literary left.
Articles
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The GOP's Iraq Problem
Robert Dreyfuss : Iraq has become a liability the GOP can hardly afford.
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Had She Lived
Byron Dobell : A painter explores love and loss in the iconic settings of postwar Paris.
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The High Price of Beauty
Virginia Sole-Smith : A scourge of health problems has nail salon workers wondering about the industry's safety standards.
Letters
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Letters
Our Readers & Jonah Raskin : Readers write back about Bob Moser's report on a grassroots revolution in Kentucky and Liza Featherstone's coverage the Service Employees International Union. Plus, an exchange with Jonah Raskin.
Editorials & Comment
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Taking Power
Jonathan Schell : America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
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Politicize the War
Christopher Hayes : By sending Petraeus to Capitol Hill, the White House tried to smuggle in a radical war agenda under the mantle of an outstanding soldier. And people fell for it.
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Let the CHIPs Fall...
Trudy Lieberman : Bush has turned renewal of a successful child health insurance program from a no-brainer to a battle on the future of healthcare.
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The Richardson Surge
John Nichols : Bill Richardson's edgy, opinionated and sometimes risky campaign is clicking because of his exit-now strategy from Iraq.
Reviews
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Root and Branch
Ian Hacking : A Canadian philosopher surveys some of the livelier flashpoints in America's battle over evolution.
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Class Acts
J. Hoberman : The left's literary canon has neglected the contributions less-celebrated writers have made to the political significance of literature.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Fidel, You Got the Wrong Conspiracy
Alexander Cockburn : Forget 9/11. Alan Greenspan escapes vilification for his role in a plot against America's economic security.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health
Katha Pollitt : With the exception of John Edwards's plan to eradicate poverty, the concerns of the poor seem to have fallen off the progressive agenda for 2008.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
'Jena Is America'
Gary Younge : Jena, Louisiana, has become a national symbol of racial injustice, as civil rights activists converge on the town to protest a miscarriage of justice against six black teens.
Web
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How Bush's Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Dilip Hiro : Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
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TruthDig
Biden One-Ups Bush
Robert Scheer : Instead of spending even more money armoring soldiers' vehicles, he should work harder at trying to end the war.
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Bush's War Funding Safety Net
Ryan Grim : Even if Congress refused to authorize more money for the Iraq debacle, the White House could make an end run via an obscure Civil War statute.
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Debating Ahmadinejad at Columbia
Jayati Vora : Columbia University President Lee Bollinger's combative remarks tarnish an otherwise illuminating event.
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Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
Max Fraser : The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
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Order 17
Tom Engelhardt : A closer look at the US rule that gives military contractors like Blackwater a free pass to murder, terrorize and pillage their way through Iraq.
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A Plea From the Iranian People
Akbar Ganji : Iran's leading dissident implores UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand the Iranian government for its human rights abuses and provide moral support for the suffering Iranian people.
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DRUM Majors
Youth working with Desis Rising Up and Moving creatively and legally empower post-9/11 immigrants.
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Youth Interrupted
Fleeing the Iraq War, increasing numbers of young refugees are forced into prostitution.
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Testimony As Resistance: Resistir Para Vivir, Part 4
Juan Herrera, an indigenous activist with the Association for Justice and Reconciliation in Guatemala, speaks about surviving torture to demand justice.
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Howl
The Fix Is In From the Fed--Maybe
Nicholas von Hoffman : What, exactly, is the interest-rate cut going to fix?
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Healthcare Surrender Monkeys
Barbara Ehrenreich : America has faced down the Third Reich and the Red Menace, but it has met an enemy it dares not confront: the private health insurance industry.
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Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law
Jeremy Scahill : Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.
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