Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned
Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols : The media reform movement has made a few inroads, but there's still a long way to go.
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Patricia J. Williams on Scott McClellan, Garrett Epps on censorship, Stuart Klawans on Indiana Jones
Articles
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Labor's Growing Pains
Esther Kaplan : SEIU battles the California Nurses and dissidents within its own ranks.
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Mr. Lessig Goes to Washington
Christopher Hayes : The visionary professor who inspired the "free culture" movement takes on money in politics.
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Letter From Lille: Echoes of '68
Marc Perelman : France has by far the most vibrant revolutionary left in Western Europe.
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Translating Our Bodies, Ourselves
Linda Gordon : The feminist health manual's message has evolved as its impact has spread globally.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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A Progressive Push
: It's time for candidates to focus on issues missing from the debate so far: the bloated military budget, an exit from Bush's "war on terror," our failing infrastructure and the deepening financial crisis.
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Obama's Choice
Bob Moser : Obama's strangest option for a running mate is also his strongest: Jim Webb, one of the left's strongest voices on Iraq and economic fairness.
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Noted.
: Farmworkers prevail in a long confrontation with Burger King, Dave Zirin interviews Mary Tillman, This Brave Nation debuts June 1 on The Nation.com.
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The 'FCC-Word'
Garrett Epps : Censorship is a really dirty word.
Reviews
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Adams Ribbed
Nicholas Guyatt : A John Adams portrait seen through the sympathetic lens of HBO is more than the historical figure ever hoped for.
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television
My So-Called Independents
Heather Hendershot : Will TV's new world of branding and product integration destroy small independent productions?
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book
Things Fall Apart
Fatema Ahmed : With two bodies of work recently reissued, now is a good time to wonder why novelist Patrick Hamilton is worth remembering.
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film
Twilights
Stuart Klawans : Who are films like Speed Racer, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Edge of Heaven really aimed at?
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music
Back Talk: Billy Bragg
Christine Smallwood : British punk rocker and activist Billy Bragg talks about his new album and the politics and economics of free online music.
Columns
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Character Assassinations
Patricia J. Williams : Why does the fraudulence of the Republican machine remain so widely known and so persistently ignored?
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Say It Ain't So, Joe
Eric Alterman : Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.
Web
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Jon Stewart on Obama's Historic Night
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart mocks Clinton's non-concession, McCain's awkwardness and the absurdity of the cable news pundit's '08 race predictions.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Bob McChesney on media justice, Esther Kaplan on the future of labor, David Sirota on The Uprising.
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Lewis Black in 'No Free Lunch'
Noise Pop Industries : Comedian Lewis Black (The Daily Show) unleashes a rant against the greed of "Buyout Barons.
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TruthDig
Will the Real John McCain Please Stand Up?
Robert Scheer : He is the most confounding of candidates, whose inconsistencies speak more of crass opportunism than a real maverick's impulses.
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Is Ron Paul's Revolution Just Beginning?
Susannah Vila : Ron Paul has inspired candidates and activists who are on a quest to remake the GOP. Can they succeed where their hero didn't?
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The Short of It
Strange Alchemy
Michael Kazin : In A Conservative History of the American Left, Daniel Flynn can't decide whether to ridicule the left or fear it.
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Congress: Stop Funding Torture
In an open letter to Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lawyers, clergy and human rights activists voice alarm at mounting evidence of torture and human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Young Hillary Clinton
60Frames : Is this the first time Hillary Clinton has refused to drop out of a race? Check out this never-before-seen footage of a Young Clinton and Obama.
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Fiction
The Big Tease
Gary Phillips : This Week: Everybody wants something, while Congresswoman Kang learns just what it takes to play in the adult sandbox .
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Howl
Bernanke's Big Bet
Nicholas von Hoffman : The Fed Chief believes if he pumps enough money into the economy, he can stop the slide of house prices and thus stave off financial disaster. How's he doing? So far, not so good.
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Progressive Internet Entrepreneurs
Jeffrey Chester : As corporate giants and venture capitalists race to monetize cyberspace, progressives need to step up and become players in the global media game. Here's how they can do it.
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This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries
Brave Nation : Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.
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Moral Compass
People of Conscience, Challenge the President!
Ross C. Anderson : After eight years of misgovernment, Americans must join together to restore our democracy, the rule of law, and our nation's moral standing on history's high road.
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Asians United At AAPI Election Forum
Asian American and Pacific Islander communities make their voices and issues heard at the first annual presidential town hall meeting in California.
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Free Association: A Q&A With BAM's Richard Rinehart
A museum curator reaches out to digital generation youth and expands museum possibilities.
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McCain (Mis)Speaks
Victor Navasky & Christopher Cerf : How the Senator won the war of words on Iraq again and again and again.
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Recount: A Nightmare Revisited
Adam Howard : HBO's Recount will bring back bad memories, which is precisely why you should see it.
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Crossword Classic #2
Frank W. Lewis : From the October 25, 1947, issue.
Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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