Who Would Jesus Vote For?
Bob Moser : The new evangelicals are rejecting the religious right and embracing a broader social gospel.
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Mark Mazower on Kosovo, Calvin Trillin on Cheney, Stuart Klawans on three films
Articles
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Hothead McCain
Robert Dreyfuss : The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
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How to Swim Against the Current
Jim Hightower & Susan DeMarco : People are wriggling free of the fetters of corporate culture.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Will Democracy Win?
: Clinton's scorched-earth tactics have helped put the integrity of the electoral process at risk. Do Democrats have the will to make the process fair?
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The Sisterhood Split
Jessica Valenti : Let's use this moment to push for the feminism we've all been fighting for.
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Noted.
: Victor Navasky on William F. Buckley, John Nichols on Dennis Kucinich, Amy Traub on America's mayors.
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The Kosovo Dilemma
Mark Mazower : The European Union needs to get Serbia focused on the future.
Reviews
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Shadowplays
Neve Gordon : In a pair of groundbreaking books, Israeli historian Hillel Cohen explores the thorny issue of Palestinian collaboration with Zionists.
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art
Daring Intransigence
Barry Schwabsky : Gustave Courbet's blunt pictorial style and taciturn sensibility prefigured the ambivalence and photographic exactitude of modern painting.
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film
Our Troubled Youth
Stuart Klawans : Exploring the unexpected: Chop Shop, Paranoid Park, Vantage Point.
Columns
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
House of Cards
Patricia J. Williams : It would be truly tragic if John McCain strolls into the White House while we argue over who has it worse, black men or white women.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
(Some) Jews Against Obama
Eric Alterman : What do neocons and their media mouthpieces fear most about Obama's stance on Israel? Could it be honesty?
Web
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Against Sexual Scandal
Lauren Berlant : In just two days, Eliot Spitzer went from white knight to shamed ex-governor. But the real loser in all of this is sex itself.
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TruthDig
Spitzer's Shame is Wall Street's Gain
Robert Scheer : Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
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The Short of It
Professing Literature in 2008
William Deresiewicz : Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
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The People vs. Michael Chertoff
Brett Story : To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
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The Fall of the American Consumer
Barbara Ehrenreich : We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
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The Math on Government Spending
Daniel Carol : Proving once and for all that progressive economic projects are worth more than tax cuts.
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Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate
Greg Grandin : The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.
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Labor's War on Global Warming
Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello & Brendan Smith : Together, unions can force the government to take on the issue of green-collar jobs.
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Eulogy for an Independent Bookstore
Jessica Teich : No chain stores or web sites can replace Dutton's in the hearts of the LA literati.
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The People's Ball
Nicholas von Hoffman : How Saul Alinsky would plan Obama's inauguration, and his government.
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Talking to Nader
Laura Flanders : The independent candidate discusses Obama, healthcare, and why the heck he's running.
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Truth and Consequences
Amy Alexander : Who's more to blame in the Love and Consequences hoax: the faux ghetto girl or the credulous book editors and reviewers who so eagerly snapped up her story?
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State of Confusion
Mary Mapes : The caucus was raucous and the rancor will continue for weeks. But if you're a Democrat in the Lone Star State, these are good times, baby.
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Fiction
The Bad Guys Bust a Move
Gary Phillips : Our Story: Chet Kimbrough, Congresswoman Kang's Chief of Staff, does some investigating on his own and puts in motion events that will endanger him and hint at larger doings.
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On Camera: Boston Parents Discuss Charter Schools
It is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture with the charters movement.
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March 4 Primaries: Young Voters Smackdown the Vote
The primary and caucuses brought another opportunity for us to measure the successes of the youth vote.
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Long Live Jorge Castro
Work with low-income families in Richmond, California made me re-examine the meaning of hope for progressive change.
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