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Unrealistic Expectations for Obama | One consequence of his brilliant trip abroad is that the bar for success keeps getting higher and higher for Obama.
Ari Berman
» Capitolism
Friday Capitol Letter | This past week in Congress.
Christopher Hayes
» The Beat
An Opening for the Constitution | The House Judiciary Committee's hearing on presidential accountability today marks the beginning of a process of renewal.
John Nichols
» Passing Through
Doing More With Less | Youth turnout expectations are higher than ever. So why is funding for young voter mobilization drying up?
Michael Connery
» The Dreyfuss Report
Maliki the Thug | He says he wants the US out, but a former Iraqi prime minister has other ideas about Maliki.
Robert Dreyfuss
» The Notion
Fox News Attacked by Rapper, Blackroots & Colbert (Updated) | Fox's worst nightmare: Liberal bloggers and Black hip hop.
Ari Melber
» ActNow!
Send Karl Rove to Jail | The former Bush advisor regards the law with contempt, so it's time the law and Congress hold him in contempt as well.
Peter Rothberg
» Editor's Cut
Rethinking Afghanistan | There is no easy answer but we need to think beyond the reflexive response of troop escalation in order to find sane and humane alternatives.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» And Another Thing
McCain Opposes Contraception -- Pass It On | He's for Viagra and against the pill. Why won't the media cover this important story?
Katha Pollitt
Premium Events
Panel on New York's Rockefeller Drug War
"The Human and Fiscal Price We All Pay." Panel members: David Soares, Albany County district attorney; Robert Gangi, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York; a community activist directly affected by the Rockefeller Drug Laws; and State Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry, chairman of the Committee on Corrections. Moderator: Gloria Browne-Marshall, author of Race, Law and American Society 1607-Present. Organizers from Drop the Rock will speak. Co-sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture and the Women's City Club of New York. At the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West. Free. For information, contact Caitlin Dunklee, Drop the Rock coordinator, 212-254-5700, ext. 339.
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Join award-winning journalist and author of All the Shah's Men Stephen Kinzer and other experts in the last stop in Mr. Kinzer's nationwide tour discussing the present difficulties existing between the United States and Iran and warning of the consequences of military action against Iran. Mr. Kinzer and the panelists will discuss recent and historical events and how they inform the current situation. A vision for future cooperation and reconciliation between the two countries will be outlined and discussed. The event will be at the University of California, Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW. Free.
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More than 1,000 of the nation's leading social justice advocates--policymakers, funders, activists, academics and business leaders--will join together in New Orleans to help chart a new path toward a country where everyone has the opportunity to participate and prosper. The conference, hosted by PolicyLink, will feature national figures like Tavis Smiley, Salon's Joan Walsh, Sojourners' Jim Wallis and SEIU's Gerry Hudson and countless state and local advocates. Please join us to make a real, sustained change! At the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. More information available online.
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