The Supreme Court and the Election: What's at Stake
Herman Schwartz : The next president and Congress must reverse the conservative tide of the Bush judiciary.
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The Editors on the bank bailout, Gary Younge on Obama in Virginia, Noah Isenberg on Walter Benjamin
Articles
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Safety Last
David C. Vladeck : Pro-business judges who now dominate the Supreme Court undermine consumers' right to sue when they are injured by unsafe products.
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Senior Rights & Wrongs
Harper Jean Tobin : It's increasingly difficult for older Americans to protect themselves from age discrimination, nursing home abuse and loss of pension benefits.
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Debtor Nation
Robert M. Lawless : The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.
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Hard Knocks in the Workplace
Eric Schnapper : The rights of workers get little attention from the court, and employers know they can violate those rights with impunity.
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When the Gloves Come Off
Jonathan Schell : On the campaign trail, new lies are being pumped into the political bloodstream.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Left and Right
: If nationalizing banks is suddenly on the table, what else might be placed there?
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Dr. Paulson's Magic Potion
William Greider : As Bush and Paulson throw money at the problem, Obama is moving rapidly to adapt to the crisis that awaits the next president.
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Noted.
: John Nichols on Sarah Palin's "vindication," David Cole on phone sex and national security, Danielle Douglas on Haiti.
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Waiting for the Barbarians
Richard Kim : The GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own.
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Scenes From the Crackup
JoAnn Wypijewski : Behind the scrim of boom times there was always debt and sex--and the intimate economy of panic and desire.
Reviews
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Collateral Damage
Chris Toensing : Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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Rooted in Reconstruction
Eric Foner : Without the courage of the forgotten black legislators of the Reconstruction era, it would be impossible for a black man today to run for president.
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Walter Benjamin Forever
Noah Isenberg : Following the quirky, revolutionary life path of one of the most celebrated twentieth-century intellectuals.
Columns
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Predatory Scapegoating
Patricia J. Williams : The real scandal of the year is that Eliot Spitzer, brought low by his own bad behavior, had predatory lenders in his sights.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
It's Sliming Time (Again)
Eric Alterman : Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
Obama's Virginia Territory
Gary Younge : So far in the once-red state of Virginia, things are going Obama's way.
Crossword
Web
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Negative McCain Ads Remade by Hollywood
The Landline : What if iconic Hollywood directors John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson took a crack at creating a John McCain attack ad?
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Has Palin Read the Constitution?
MSNBC : Chris Matthews confronts McCain spokeswoman Nancy Pfotenhauer about Sarah Palin's stubborn insistence that the VP is in 'charge of the Senate.'
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Obama the Philosopher
Linda Hirshman : Suddenly, Obama's making a pretty good case for why Americans should once again care for one another.
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The Cold War That Wasn't
Mark Ames : Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.
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Southpaw
Merrittocracy
Dave Zirin : Merritt Paulson, son of Henry Paulson, asks the city of Portland to fund his new sports stadiums even though he can afford it.
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Milk Scandal Taints China's Self-Image
Anna Greenspan : The tainted milk crisis could prod China to act responsibly.
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Is Palin Smarter Than a Third Grader?
Countdown : After three months of campaigning, Sarah Palin still seems to have no clue what a vice president's duties actually are.
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TruthDig
The Battle for Obama's Economic Soul
Robert Scheer : Let's hope he listens to Paul Volker and Warren Buffet--and keeps at bay Rubin, Summers and others responsible for the current debacle.
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The Real Truth About ACORN
Brave New Films : In recent weeks, the McCain campaign has been claiming ACORN knowingly participated in 'voter fraud.' In reality, this is a calculated attempt by the GOP to suppress the vote.
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A Lesson for the Next President
Demitrious Sinor : Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?
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Report From the Socialist International Conspiracy
Barbara Ehrenreich : Our operatives on Wall Street were doing a good job bringing down capitalism one hedge fund at a time. But then Goldman Sachs staged a counter-coup.
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The Short of It
Seeing Past the Ivy
William Deresiewicz : Why the commentariat's response to hand-wringing about "the decline of reading" condescends to the large mass of nonspecialist readers.
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What America Is Palin Talking About?
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart rips Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign's suggestion that only certain parts of the country are 'pro-American.'
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Divisive Politics Is 'Anti-American'
Countdown : Keith Olbermann criticizes the McCain campaign and other Republicans, like Michele Bachmann, for their use of divisive politics during the campaign.
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Wall Street Meltdown 101
Nation Podcast : Naomi Klein, William Greider, Frances Fox Piven and others explain the financial crisis in a recent emergency town hall meeting in New York City.
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Jörg Haider's Legacy
Slavenka Drakulic : Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.
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Smearing Colonel Vandeveld
Ross Tuttle : Military commissions officials are using punitive psychological evaluations as part of a strategy to discredit and silence a former colleague turned whistleblower.
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Palin's Alaska Rap
Saturday Night Live : Amy Poehler brings the house down with a Sarah Palin-inspired hip hop ode to Alaska and the McCain campaign.
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Powell Picks Obama
Talking Points Memo : Colin Powell slams right-wing attacks on Obama's character and argues in a favor a generational change in the White House.
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Rebuke for GOP Attack
MSNBC : When Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann called Barack Obama and his supporters 'anti-American,' The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel fought back.
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Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
Cora Currier : In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.
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'Word War III'
The Daily Show : The final debate isn't about the animosity between the candidates, but about you, the people who remind them to keep a never-ending supply of Purell on them.
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McCain's 'Screw Up'
Countdown : Keith Olbermann lauds Late Night host David Letterman for challenging McCain on his attack ads in a way that only he can.
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The Plumber Debate
Saturday Night Live : McCain celebrates his 'best friend in the whole world', Joe the Plumber, who has a 'magical plunger' that will fix all our economic problems.
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Rallying the Vote
Rebecca McDonald Keesha Gaskins is making history as one of the few young black leaders at the League of Women Voters.
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Join Trick or Vote this Halloween!
Studies show that the most effective way to get young people to vote is to simply ask them (to their face). And what's the one day each year that people actually expect strangers to knock on their doors?
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Don't Just Vote--Change the World
Jamilah King The Youth Agenda is the first ever national issues agenda written by youth organizers from around the country. The platform issues a national call to action on education, jobs and healthcare.
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Fighting Poverty With a Green Economy
Suemedha Sood Emily Kirsch explains how green jobs can open doors and lift communities out of poverty.
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Back Talk: Paul Offit
Christine Smallwood : A doctor defends scientific research against the potentially fatal misperceptions of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Joe the Anti-Social Security Plumber
Talking Points Memo : 'Joe the Plumber', the unlikely star of the final 2008 presidential debate, reveals some of his more extreme views on the issues.
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Crossword Classic #22
Frank W. Lewis : From the March 13, 1948, issue.
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The 'Mother's Health' Moment
Talking Points Memo : Obama and McCain exchange blows on abortion rights and a mother's health, the latter of which is too extreme for the Republican.
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