• Obama in Israel: One Tough Audience

  Israel

  Hillel Schenker: The media was enthused, but ordinary Israelis, cynical about their own political leaders, gave Obama a muted reception. The refrain here is "No, they can't," not "Yes, he can."

• Obama on the Brink

  Presidential Election 2008

  Robert Scheer: Barack Obama is betraying his promise of change and is in danger of becoming just another political hack. Please prove me wrong.

• Dispatch from Minnesota: Al Franken v. Norm Coleman

  Campaigns & Elections

  Alexander Zaitchik: By campaigning in the tradition of his hero, Paul Wellstone, Al Franken may have triumphed over the biggest threat to his candidacy--voter skepticism.

• Obama's Gaffe-Free Iraq Trip

  Presidential Election 2008

  The Daily Show : Jon Stewart jokes that with one shot, Barack Obama dispelled all rumors of his lack of foreign policy experience.

• Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable

  Barack Obama

  Patrick Cockburn: An Iraqi government desperate for credibility could receive no better gift than Obama's exit plan.

• RadioNation With Laura Flanders

  US Politics & Government

  Radio Nation : Jen Marlowe reports on Darfur, Eli Pariser on MoveOn and a new sex columnist weighs in on Barack and Michelle.

• Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

  Presidential Election 2008

  Ari Melber: Every major Democratic player came to Texas to engage with online activists who have been key to their success. So why do netroots continue to be cast as angry and estranged?

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• Letters

  Our Readers & Ari Berman: Readers weigh in on our inequality issue; Ari Berman responds to his critics.

• Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle

  U.S. Economy

  VideoNation : Nation magazine contributor Kai Wright discusses his July 14 article about the mortgage crisis and its effect on the black middle class.

• John McCain's Voodoo Reformism

  Presidential Election 2008

  Ari Berman: The Republican candidate's maverick image obscures his cozy relationship with lobbyists.

• Obama Under the Weather

  Politics

  Ari Berman: The Clinton campaign, bolstered by gotcha-style media, has slandered Bill Ayers and the Chicago charity that shaped Barack Obama's activism.

• Justice for Sean Bell

  Civil Rights Activism

  Brett Story & VideoNation : Protesters decry acquittal of three New York City police officers on trial for firing 50 bullets at an unarmed man.

• Pennsylvania's 'Obamicans'

  Pennsylvania

  Ari Berman: Democratic activism and Obama's campaign have turned Doylestown, Pennsylvania, from solid red to purple--maybe even blue.

• Blackwater, the Campaign Issue

  Blackwater

  Jeremy Scahill & VideoNation : In this interview with RealNews, Nation Correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama differ on the use of private security contractors in Iraq.