The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam
Tom Hayden : Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods. So was the war necessary?
The Editors on warrantless wiretaps, Graham Usher on Pakistan, Calvin Trillin on Mike Huckabee
Articles
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Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Robert Dreyfuss : Maybe. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the United States.
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Transforming the Liberal Checklist
Eric Schneiderman : It's time for progressives to demand a bolder, "transformational" politics.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Wiretapped Out
: The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.
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Rigged Trials at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : Has the Pentagon foreclosed the possibility of acquittals for terror suspects?
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Noted.
: Polk Award winners at The Nation, progressive endorsements and buyouts at GM.
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Bhutto's Tangled Legacy
Graham Usher : Will the PPP revive her power-sharing deal with Musharraf or join with Nawaz Sharif to re-establish constitutional rule?
Reviews
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Chávez's Fix
Daniel Wilkinson : Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?
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Fourteen Little Words
Victor Navasky : First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
On One of the Sabbath-Gasbag Discussions, Robert Novak Says That Mike Huckabee May Have Remained in the Race to Bolster His Lecture Fee
Calvin Trillin : The lure of filthy lucre on the campaign trail.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Conservative Cannibalism
Eric Alterman : Dumb and dumber: reviewing new books by David Frum and Jonah Goldberg.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
Feudal Democracy
Gary Younge : If democracy does not prevail in August, the Democrats will not prevail in November.
Web
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TruthDig
McCain and the Media
Robert Scheer : It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
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The Most-Wanted List
Noam Chomsky : Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
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Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle : As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
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The Short of It
Tom Stoppard's Schlock 'n' Roll
J. Gabriel Boylan : When will we stop living in the '60s?
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Independence Day
Gazmend Kapllani : Traveling from Albania's capital city Tirana to the Kosovo border reveals scenes ranging from festive to frightening as Kosova declares its independence.
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When Newspapers Take a Stand
Ari Melber : The New York Times editorial page endorses McCain, while its news department works to discredit him. And there's nothing wrong with that.
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Hedges Vs. Hitchens
Chris Hedges & VideoNation : The so-called "new atheists" may be as extreme as Christian fundamentalists, if not more.
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Surprising Outcomes in Pakistan
Moni Mohsin : In an election replete with surprises, the people of Pakistan have chosen wisely. Now it is up to the elected parties to rule wisely.
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Moral Compass
Art and Propaganda
Milton Glaser : Using fear and the classic tools of persuasion, the Bush Administration has subverted American mythology and our national character.
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Fiction
Sex and the Single Congresswoman
Gary Phillips : Previous episode: Sex, politics and innuendo bubbles between Kang and the cop, and the Congresswoman decides to do some investigating her own damn self.
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A Meeting of Minds
Tom Hayden : Thursday's debate revealed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as solid progressives in sync with the broad base of the Democratic Party.
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Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender
Kavita Nandini Ramdas : Electing the first black or female President is not the issue. It's how Clinton and Obama would use their unique gifts to heal a troubled world.
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The Fake Prince of Facebook
Laila Lalami : When a young Moroccan computer engineer created a fake Facebook profile for the Crown Prince of Morocco, the result was jail, torture and a very uncertain future.
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Carded at the Polls
Why a pending Supreme Court case could disenfranchise students just as they've begun voting in record numbers.
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Grassroots Road Trip
Giving students the days before Election Day off is the best kind of get-out-the-vote effort.
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Engaging Youth, For Real
There are hundreds of well-meaning but unsuccessful youth centers in America. The Spot in Denver and Elementz in Cincinnati went the extra mile to build something more authentic.
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Young Voters Come Out, Again, in Wisconsin and Hawaii
...and they give Barack Obama the edge.
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Bois2Men
Surgery for transsexuals: it's raced, it's classed and it's located.
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Letter From Kosovo
Slavenka Drakulic : In this troubled region, secessions tend to be followed by terrible wars. Will it be any different this time?
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The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck
Nancy Cleeland : Feeling squeezed? It's official: if you're not in management, the value of your paycheck is dropping at an alarming rate.
Cover design and photo illustration by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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