» The Beat
House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after allowing anti-choice Dems to bar access to abortion in new programs.
John Nichols
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» Editor's Cut
Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your
questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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» The Notion
Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
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» The Dreyfuss Report
Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
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» Act Now!
Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
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» Altercation
Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman
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"Fidel Steps Aside: His Legacy, Cuba's Future." A conversation with Dawn Gable, a freelance translator and writer and member of the Santa Cruz Cuba Study Group. She has just returned from Cuba. Community Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. Free. Wheelchair accessible
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