Justice, Bush-Style
Andrew Gumbel : GOP loyalists have taken over the Justice Department and retooled the civil rights division as a political weapon.
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Victor Navasky on Paul Newman, Calvin Trillin on Sarah Palin, Robert Daniels on Russian politics
Articles
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McCain's Kremlin Ties
Mark Ames & Ari Berman : He may talk tough about Russia, but John McCain's political advisors have advanced Putin's imperial ambitions.
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China's Quest for Moral Authority
Orville Schell : China is booming, but slouches toward the moral authority needed to inspire a modern, open and prosperous state. Does Confucius hold the key?
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Born-Again Democracy
William Greider : Congress must take control of the failed financial system until a new president can legislate a more permanent and equitable solution.
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Noted.
: D.D. Guttenplan on British politics, Nancy Kranich on Banned Books Week
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Democracy Inaction
Christopher Hayes : Nothing brings left and right together like a Big Government intervention on behalf of Big Money.
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Looking Backward
Steve Fraser : As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
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Paul Newman
Victor Navasky : He was funny, he was thoughtful, he was committed and, in the end, he was a friend, period.
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Newman Nation
Edward Sorel : The Nation bids farewell to one of its greatest friends--actor and activist Paul Newman.
Reviews
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No Exit
Daniel Lazare : Laurence Tribe's new book asks us to consider the "invisible" web of ideas that have grown around the text of the Constitution. But who's to say what it contains?
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From Gorbachev to Putin
Robert V. Daniels : Five authors provide differing views of the post-glasnost era and of the failed promise of democratic reform in Russia.
Columns
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Reality Bites
Eric Alterman : That McCain and Palin actually have a shot at the White House gives one pause contemplating the future of this country.
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DEADLINE POET
On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok
Calvin Trillin : The song of a political visionary--with apologies to Alan Jay Lerner.
Crossword
Web
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Obama vs. McCain: 'Word War II'
The Daily Show : Barack Obama poses for the cover of a 1960s soul album, while John McCain wanders the outer reaches of the stage.
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Voting the Fate of the Nation
Chalmers Johnson : This can be a transformative election. Will economic meltdown, race or regional loyalty be the trump card?
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Wanted: Political Poetry
Erica Landau : Are you worried about the election? Do you write haiku? People for the American Way and The Nation invite your entries the McPalin Haiku Hysteria competition.
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Lee Atwater's Legacy
Antonino D'Ambrosio : Rebel. Liar. Attack dog. Bigot. Stefan Forbes's Boogie Man assesses the enduring damage Lee Atwater did to our political process.
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Obama: Healthcare Should Be a Right
CNN : During their second presidential debate, McCain and Obama show the stark difference between them on the issue of healthcare.
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McCain and W.
Robert Scheer : McCain's not a perfect replica, but Oliver Stone's Bush bio-pic reminds us they're two spoiled screw-ups who divided and conquered the country for their high-rolling pals.
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Undecided Progressives: Make the Difference for Obama
Tom Hayden : Thinking of casting a symbolic vote for Nader or some other third-party progressive? Think again.
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Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
David E. Gumpert : As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
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Who's 'Pallin' Around' With Terrorists?
Countdown : Keith Olbermann takes Sarah Palin to task for her baseless and insidious attacks on Barack Obama's character and patriotism.
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The Short of It
Krapp's Last Horse
Akiva Gottlieb : With his new play Kicking a Dead Horse, Sam Shepard is still stranded in a prairie of tough-guy cliché.
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Southpaw
Sarah Palin's Extreme Sports
Dave Zirin : Politicians routinely manipulate Americans' fixation with sports. But Sarah Palin plays an extreme--and disingenuous--version of the game.
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Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy
Malalai Joya : Seven years after the US invasion, Afghanistan is still chained to the fundamentalist warlords and the Taliban. Women and children suffer the most.
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Suppressing the Youth Vote?
Radio Nation : Young people are registering in record numbers. Can they make it to the polls? Plus, Robert Fisk on Obama and Israel
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Decline and Fall
Nicholas von Hoffman : The Dow falls below 10,000. As deflation destroys wealth and unemployment rises, America braces for tough times ahead.
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Maher Mocks Palin Debate Performance
Real Time with Bill Maher : 'The good news is Sarah Palin can complete a sentence. The bad news is we all have to listen to it.'
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Tina Fey Reprises Palin's VP Debate
Saturday Night Live : In an uproarious recreation of the 2008 VP showdown, Fey introduces a flute for the 'talent portion of the debate.'
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Palin 2008 Is Bush 2000
Countdown : A new video compilation showing the striking similarity in debate rhetoric between George W. Bush in 2000 and Sarah Palin in 2008.
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Our Healthcare System Is Dying
Rose Ann DeMoro : If only the federal government could be mobilized to solve the nation's healthcare crisis as quickly as it did for Wall Street.
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The Palin Fix
Mark Ames : There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.
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Disaster Capitalism Comes to Colbert
The Colbert Report : Naomi Klein says the government exploits crises to pass pro-business agendas...How can she say that? We're in the middle of a crisis!
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Bright, Shiny Object
Linda Hirshman : Remember The Rules, that mean-girl guide to being the object of male desire? That's Sarah Palin. Not that it will do the GOP much good.
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Biden vs. Palin
Talking Points Memo : Throughout the debate, Sarah Palin continuously referred to John McCain (and herself) as a maverick. But Joe Biden effectively destroyed that notion.
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Radio Free Youth
The precursor for young people's new media may be found in three decades of community radio.
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How to Break the Money Monopoly
Nicholas von Hoffman : As the next Congress creates a new regulatory structure for our crippled financial system, job one is breaking Wall Street's grip on capital and credit.
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Crossword Classic #20
Frank W. Lewis : From the February 28, 1948, issue.
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Net Backlash Hinders Bailout
Ari Melber : With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.
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Back Talk: Kenneth Miller
Christine Smallwood : Cell biologist Kenneth Miller discusses the dangers of politicized science.
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