The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney : The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.
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Calvin Trillin on AIG, Ange Mlinko on Fanny Howe, The Editors on the Employee Free Choice Act
Articles
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Miseries of Il Manifesto
Norman Birnbaum : Italy's small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.
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The People's Press Conference
Ari Melber : A new initiative empowers citizens to submit and rank questions for the president to answer.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Don't Bail on EFCA
: In a climate of crisis, it would be foolish for Democrats to retreat from the one measure that could rebalance our disastrous economic formula: pass the EFCA.
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Which Side Are You On?
Christopher Hayes : Every Democratic elected official must answer an old but newly relevant question: are you for or against labor unions?
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Noted.
: Iraq by the numbers, six years on; John Nichols on The Daily Show's meltdown smackdown.
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AIG Lights a Fire
Christopher Hayes : A new kind of economic populism is driving grassroots protests to nationalize, reorganize and decentralize the financial system.
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Bush Law Continued
David Cole : Obama vowed to reverse Bush's excesses. But his resistance to judicial oversight and constitutional restraint may render his promises unenforceable.
Reviews
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There Will Always Be Blood
Lorna Scott Fox : An anthology of true crime writing appeals to the culture vulture--and the plain old vulture--in us.
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Antica e Moderna
Susan Stewart : The poems of Umberto Saba let tradition speak to and through modernity.
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A Nameless Vocation
Ange Mlinko : In The Winter Sun, Fanny Howe proves to be a reluctant and rebellious memoirist.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
NATO: Still Mission-Creeping at 60
Alexander Cockburn : Expect gale-force gusts of bombast at NATO's anniversary party.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Love Me, I'm a Conservative
Katha Pollitt : Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat joins the New York Times's op-ed lineup. Depressing.
Crossword
Web
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Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect
Talking Points Memo : Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.
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How Obama's Laugh Turned Into a Smear
Media Matters for America : The workings of a build-up to a fake-scandal over President Obama's laughter on 60 Minutes.
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Use Populist Rage To Push Obama
American News Project : The populist fires are burning. But what's next? Bob Borosage thinks progressives should push Obama farther left.
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After Gaza: Jerusalem?
Helena Cobban : Reclaiming Palestinian territory in East Jerusalem looks to be new frontier for Israeli expansionism.
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The Takeover: Who's Running This Country?
GRIT TV : Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Robert Johnson discuss what can be done to take that power back from the financial institutions that have wrecked the economy and our democracy.
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Obama Attacked With Wave Of 'Isms'
Media Matters for America : Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.
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An Economic Platform That Is Ours
Saskia Sassen : In a capitalist economy, the government needs channels to use taxpayers' money to work on social needs, needs that cannot easily be met through market mechanisms.
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O'Reilly's Harassment Machine Exposed
Countdown : In light of an ambush by Bill O'Reilly producers, progressive blogger Amanda Terkel responded in an incredible manner--with reason.
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Our Ongoing Moral Collapse
GRIT TV : According to Chris Hedges, if Obama continues to listen to Geithner, Summers et al.--his presidency may be doomed.
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Obama's Toxic Advisers
Robert Scheer : Obama's nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is yet another example of how the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong people
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Hawaii Court Backs Protestors vs. Superferry
Jerry Mander & Koohan Paik : Even though the Hawaii State Supreme Court has ruled against this huge corporate-military boondoggle, the battle isn't over yet.
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Obama's New Monopoly Set
William Greider : President Obama has invented a new board game that nobody can lose. But only Wall Street money men can play.
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How the Bailout Could Hurt Obama's Agenda
MSNBC : Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and New York Times columnist Thomas Freidman talk about how to fix the economy.
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Death of Newspapers: Long Live Journalism?
GRIT TV : The Nation's John Nichols and other established journalists discuss the future of publishing and print journalism.
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Socialists Need to Be Where the Struggle Is
Kim Moody : Capitalism will only end when the world's working class puts it to sleep, and that--the revolution--is not around the corner.
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Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown
Brett Story : Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.
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Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York
Tom Engelhardt : In the second 9/11, all the pain and torture is in the neighborhood.
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Meltdown: Economic Collapse and Recovery
Nation Audio : A panel discussion on the economic meltdown with Joseph Stiglitz, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Jeff Madrick and Christopher Hayes.
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Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time
American News Project : Harry Hanbury attempts to spend an entire day attending fundraisers but instead successfully gets chased out of restaurants all over Capitol Hill.
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Pakistan: 'The Most Dangerous Country'
Brave New Films : A variety of Afghanis, journalists and academics discuss the links between war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Remote Control Death
Marc Garlasco & Darryl Li : No weapon better symbolizes Israel's indirect occupation of Gaza than unmanned drones.
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The Nation's Eric Alterman on Israel
Talking Points Memo : The Nation's Eric Alterman discusses the challenges of countering the influence of conservative Israeli politics.
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Refugees From Mexico Drug War Flee to US
Andrew Becker : The escalating war near America's southern border is driving embattled Mexicans to seek safety in the United States. What if the tide of violence follows them?
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Colbert's Rap Battle With Michael Steele
The Colbert Report : In spite of his absence, the RNC chairman still manages to hold his own against MC Stephen Colbert.
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Southpaw
The March Madness of Myles Brand
Dave Zirin : Why does the president of the NCAA think it's fine for TV networks and gamblers to profit from the Final Four, but not the players?
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The Least of These: Families Detained in US
Indiepix Films : A new film explores one of the most controversial aspects of American immigration policy: family detention.
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What Would You Ask Obama?
Ari Melber : If ordinary citizens could attend a White House press conference, what would they want to know? Submit your questions here for a People's Press Conference.
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