» Campaign 08
Witnessing Republican Disaster in Mississippi | I traveled to Mississippi to probe the impact of a million-dollar Republican attack ad campaign that linked an insurgent Democratic candidate to Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Max Blumenthal
» J Street
Friday Capitol Letter | This week's round-up from Washington.
Te-Ping Chen
» ActNow!
No European Star Wars | Czech hunger strikers challenge Bush plan to deploy missile defense system in their homeland.
Peter Rothberg
» Editor's Cut
Pentagon, Pimps & Propaganda (continued) | The incestuous relationship between the government, the networks and so-called “independent” military analysts reveals the essence of a new military-media-industrial complex.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» The Beat
California Decision Makes Same-Sex Marriage a 2008 Issue | Democrats need to recognize that social issues will be a part of the debate. And they need to get this one right.
John Nichols
» The Notion
Internet Gurus Flock to Harvard Conference | Blogging from the most important Internet gathering in the country.
Ari Melber
» Passing Through
The Disappearing Upper Class | Our focus on the "working class" vote highlights how oddly we use language to describe class in American politics.
Zephyr Teachout
» And Another Thing
Preachers and Politics | Secularism looks better and better.
Katha Pollitt
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The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership recognizes that women are underrepresented as non-fiction authors and opinion writers. This retreat provides women with the skills to enter public debate and get their voices heard. For more information, please visit the website or call 646-435-0837.
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Keynote speakers: Helen Thomas, the noted news service reporter, Hearst Newspapers columnist and veteran member of the White House Press Corps, was the first woman officer of the National Press Club, as well as the first woman member and president of the White House Correspondents Association and the Gridiron Club. Haifa Zangana is a novelist and former prisoner of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime. She is a weekly columnist for al-Quds newspaper and an occasional commentator for the Guardian, Red Pepper and al-Ahram Weekly. She lectures regularly on Iraqi culture, literature and women issues. At MIT’s Stata Center. More information online.
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