The New Senate Majority?
John Nichols : Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.
J. Lester Feder on McCain's health plan, Alexander Cockburn on the economy, a poem by Osip Mandelstam
Articles
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Joe Versus the Embargo
Ethan Porter : In south Florida, Joe Garcia is taking on the GOP and the Cuban exile establishment.
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Wrong Prescription
J. Lester Feder : McCain would encourage employers to cut coverage. No joke: that's his plan.
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Can Obama Reform Healthcare?
Trudy Lieberman : He calls for universal coverage--but that's hard to get if insurance companies run the show.
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Worse Than Guantánamo
David Enders : What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?
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Preaching to the Choir
Sarah Posner : Led by Obama, Democrats are making a bid for evangelical voters. Lost cause or holy grail?
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All Ye Unfaithful
Ronald Aronson : Pursuing religious voters, Republicans and Democrats overlook the importance of the constituency of nonbelievers.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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$700 Billion Question
: Government can soften the recession's impact by spending money--lots of it--to stimulate the real economy.
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A Big Government Bailout
Howard Zinn : Take a tip from the New Deal: invest that $700 billion in jobs and mortgage aid for those who need it most.
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Noted.
: Philip Weiss on how grassroots activists on Capitol Hill trumped AIPAC to block a bad measure on Iran.
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Media MIA
David Cay Johnston : There's still plenty of time for the media to get the bailout story right: just start asking, "Who benefits?"
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Obama's iSuccess
Ari Melber : The Obama campaign's below-the-radar use of the web to register new voters could change the game for Democrats and Republicans.
Reviews
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book
Lords of Misrule
Jefferson Decker : On the campaign trail, they're culture warriors; once in office, conservatives just follow the money.
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book
Civic Virtues
George Scialabba : A new collection of Gore Vidal's essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence.
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Credenzas of Fragmentation
Natasha Wimmer : In António Lobo Antunes's new novel, a lost boy despairs of finding a real family in the wasteland of his past.
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film
Panoramas
Stuart Klawans : 24 City and Ashes of Time Redux, two stars of the New York Film Festival; plus Happy-Go-Lucky and Ballast reviewed.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Someone Watching Sarah Palin's Campaign Tactics Imagines How She Might Challenge a Referee's Call in a Sixth-Grade Hockey Game
Calvin Trillin : Push back on the pushy hockey mom.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Election Is Over
Alexander Cockburn : By approving the bailout, Congress sealed our political fate more firmly than any presidential election.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Follow-ups for Sarah Palin
Katha Pollitt : Don't let reproductive rights get lost in the run-up to Election Day.
Crossword
Web
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The Penguin Predicts McCain's Performance
YouTube : In preparation for his last debate with Obama, McCain should take a few pages from the Batman villain's playbook.
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Howl
Paulson's Bailout Beast
Nicholas von Hoffman : Henry Paulson's latest plan takes us further down to road to state capitalism, whose only principle is to protect the bankers who created the problem.
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No Debate: Hempstead Is Struggling
American News Project : As the media descends on Hempstead, NY, for the last presidential debate, regular citizens express frustration with crises at home and abroad.
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Re-Suspend the McCain Campaign
Countdown : Keith Olbermann shows his anger and frustration with McCain campaign's mudslinging, hypocrisy and bigotry.
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TruthDig
Hoover, 2008
Robert Scheer : For years, John McCain backed legislation that decriminalized Wall Street's reckless conduct. No amount of New Deal posturing can hide that record.
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Religion Threatens '08 Presidential Race
Rev. Howard Moody : We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.
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Paulson's Plan B
Nomi Prins : The Treasury Secretary's decision to buy equity stakes in banks still fails to address the fundamental flaws in the system.
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The Kingston Trio and the Red Scare
Peter Dreier & Jim Vrabel : The death of Nick Reynolds, one of the Kingston Trio, last week at 75, provoked fond memories of one era and painful reminders of another.
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The 'Hate Talk Express'
MSNBC : The Nation's Ari Melber discusses the growing sentiment amongst conservatives that McCain's campaign has grown far too negative.
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Fiction
Murmurs of the Heart
Gary Phillips : The malefactors and the manipulators of machination start to fess up.
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McCain Must End the Politics of Hate
Brave New Films : Instead of discussing the real issues, McCain and Palin have turned to stoking the prejudices of their supporters
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My Great Depression
Tom Engelhardt : Far more than all the other bad things that have happened during the Bush years, our current financial crisis makes me feel that the American empire is in ruin.
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For Real Change, Vote Green?
Radio Nation : Green Party VP nominee Rosa Clemente makes her case. Plus: Van Jones on how green jobs can get us out of this economic crisis.
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First Black President?
Chocolate News : Comedian David Alan Grier implores White America to get over its irrational fear of voting for a Black man.
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Southpaw
Palin Drops the Puck
Dave Zirin & Daniel Denvir : The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can't make this stuff up.
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GOP Leaders: Challenge Palin's Competence
Judith Viorst : Sarah Palin's out of her league and a dangerous choice for vice president. Don't Republican leaders have a moral obligation to speak out?
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Howl
The Meltdown's Silver Lining
Nicholas von Hoffman : When the markets calm down, liquidity returns and we are sunk in the inevitable recession, America can remake itself into a saner, more humane society.
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Fox News Flips Out Over Palin Cover
YouTube : In the midst of our nation's economic meltdown, Fox News devotes an entire segment to denouncing a less-than-flattering photo of Sarah Palin.
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Town Hall Debate Deconstructed
Saturday Night Live : Many memorable moments from Obama and McCain's second debate get lampooned.
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Sarah Silverman Supports Obama
Countdown : The feisty comedian tells Keith Olbermann why young Jewish voters should convince their grandparents to back Obama in Florida.
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Why I'd Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin
Rosanne Cash : I've got the ethics, the family values, a passport and, like the Alaska governor, am perfectly aligned with God's will.
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McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
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Crossword Classic #21
Frank W. Lewis : From the March 6, 1948, issue.
Senate Democratic candidates, clockwise from top left: Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Al Franken (MN), Jeff Merkley (OR), Kay Hagan (NC),
Mark Warner (Va), Tom Udall (NM) and Mark Udall (CO). Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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