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Facing Bipartisan Criticism, RNC's Steele Asks If Race Is Factor | "Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” he wonders. Maybe he could compare notes with Obama.
John Nichols
» Editor's Cut
New Web Column at The Washington Post | Every Tuesday, I'll be featuring progressive thinking about politics and challenging the Right in my new web column for The Washington Post. Read my first one here.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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» The Notion
When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown | Anger is growing in Vancouver in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Like Olympic clockwork, here comes the media crackdown.
Dave Zirin
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» The Dreyfuss Report
The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Michael Rubin | How an AEI apparatchik's love affair for Ahmed Chalabi blinds him to Chalabi's pro-Iran treachery.
Robert Dreyfuss
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» Act Now!
Demand Question Time | Join the call for the President and Congress to implement regular Question Time sessions.
Peter Rothberg
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» And Another Thing
How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday | Give to help low income girls and women.
Katha Pollitt
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» Altercation
Slacker Friday | James O'Keefe and Alter-reviews.
Eric Alterman
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Author and professor emeritus of French and comparative literature at Columbia University, Maryse Condé will be joined by Elizabeth Nunez in an exploration of the role of biography in her work. Condé’s most recent book, Victoire, les saveurs et les mots, is the biography of her mother and grandmother. Novelist and literary scholar Elizabeth Nunez is the provost of Medgar Evers College, CUNY. At the Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th streets). Free, no registration. Please arrive early for a seat. 212-817-2005. www.LeonLevyCenterForBiography.org, www.centerforthehumanitiesgc.org.
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A panel discussion moderated by Katrina vanden Heuvel and Mark Green. Featuring: William Greider, "An Economy for All"; Patricia J. Williams, "Law & Justice, Again"; Lawrence Korb, "Fighting Terrorism After Iraq"; and Eli Pariser, "MovingOn with a new Democratic President." At the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place. Tickets are $15; NYU Staff and Faculty: $10; Students: $3. Tickets can be purchased online, by phoning 212-352-3101 or in person at 566 LaGuardia Place, Tuesday and Saturday,noon to 6pm.
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The first (and perhaps only) biennial in response to the current economic crisis and scandals surrounding the $700+ billion bailout, capitalism, the global economy, post-industrialism and greed. Unlike most, this biennial came together from a simple call for submissions, has no budget and will require plywood sheets to be screwed into 1900s-era wooden pillars at Golden Belt--a restored textile mill in downtown Durham--to make walls for the art. Can an artist make beauty out of nothing, humor out of tragedy, critical understanding out of superficial materials, or a sense of wonder, purpose or awe out of crumbs? Come and see for yourself. Twenty-six artists, ten states, four countries, one crisis. Visit www.goldenbeltarts.com or call 919-967-7700 for more info.
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