The Way Down South
Bob Moser : The South is more purple than red, and Democrats don't need to sell their souls to win it back.
Walter Mosley considers the sound of silenced voters, Christopher Hayes asks what Netroots do now, Stuart Klawans reviews China Blue.
Articles
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Impeachment: The Case in Favor
Elizabeth Holtzman : Between Iraq, Katrina and wiretapping, the case for removing Bush is overwhelming.
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Impeachment: The Case Against
Sanford Levinson : Unfortunately, the Constitution's impeachment clause only works for criminals, not the grossly incompetent.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Showing Bush the Way
: Jim Webb's gutsy response to Bush's unconvincing State of the Union message bodes well for the Democratic Party.
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Pushing the Iraq Debate
John Nichols : Beyond merely opposing escalation, lawmakers are pushing tough measures to withdraw troops and defund the war.
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Taking Liberties
Hiding the Ball
David Cole : Bush's about-face on warrantless surveillance demonstrates what a difference a Democratic majority makes.
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Only Words
Christopher Hayes : Now that Democrats have real power, netroots progressives need to choose their issues--and their tactics.
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The Sounds of Silence
Walter Mosley : Voting is a privilege and a responsibility that every American bears. Allowing prisoners to vote will keep us honest.
Reviews
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book
Bombay Confidential
Carl Bromley : Vikram Chandra's epic crime novel Sacred Games is an infernal history of India in the last decade.
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book
History Boy
Daniel Swift : The narrator of Martin Amis's House of Meetings describes the collapse of his soul through forty years of Soviet history.
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Party Politics
Terry Eagleton : Dancing in the Streets is a history of outbreaks of collective joy from Dionysus to the Grateful Dead.
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film
Factory Girl
Stuart Klawans : China Blue is a surprisingly fair-minded documentary about teenagers working in a jeans factory in China.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
After Tuning In to the Sunday Talk Shows to See What the Sabbath Gasbags Have to Say
Calvin Trillin : It's a long way to 2008.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Kristolizing the (Neoconservative) Moment
Eric Alterman : The poisonous William Kristol's consistently wrong on Iraq. Why does he remain a media darling?
Web
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Blowback in Lebanon
Mohamad Bazzi : One big and underreported reason for Lebanon's slide toward civil war is blowback from Iraq. Fearing the sectarian bloodbath in Iraq and Iran's growing regional influence, Lebanese Sunnis are lashing out.
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Obama's Ruined Homeland
Laura Flanders : In Kenya's Yala Swamp, where Senator Barack Obama traces his African roots, an Oklahoma-based company has wrecked a rich and delicate ecosystem.
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Blueprints for Change
The only thing standing between the fellows at this year's Young People For summit and a progressive future is a carefully drawn plan and a little support.
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TruthDig
Not All Lies Are Created Equal
Robert Scheer : Looking for reasons to impeach the President? Listen to the testimony in Scooter Libby's perjury trial.
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The Church of Football
Robert Lipsyte : If the holiest day on the American calendar is Super Bowl Sunday, Vince Lombardi and Joe Namath were its early saints. So what does that make Pat Tillman?
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Winning the (Anti)War and Rebuilding Political Imagination
Opinion: "We are proposing a dramatic change in the strategy and tactics of the antiwar movement."
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Choice Up Front
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the "We Had Abortions" campaign invites students to add their name to the growing list of women hoping to rid the abortion debate of shame and silence.
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Voices of Protest
Karen Houppert : Peace activists and military families in DC Saturday were less angry than than resolute that the American people sent a clear signal in November to end the US occupation in Iraq.
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Emerging Writers
Beyond Marriage: Love and the Law
Beccah Golubock Watson : Pressure is building to expand the legal definition of family beyond the boundaries of gay or straight marriage.
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Remembrance: Ryszard Kapuscinski
Magdalena Rittenhouse : The Polish writer who died January 23 chronicled coups and revolutions with eloquence and compassion; empathy was his most potent journalistic tool.
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Will Congress Reform Wretched Executive Excess?
Morton Mintz : Outrage over excessive rewards for incompetent executives could spark the Democratic Congress to action.
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A Pillar of American Justice
Charles A. Miller : The legal philosophy of Louis Brandeis illuminates some of the compelling legal issues of our own times.
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Korea-US Trade Pact Headed for Trouble
Mark Winne : South Korea is bristling over terms of the Bush Administration's proposed free-trade agreement, and so are progressives in Congress.
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Affirmative Action and Reaction in Michigan
The University of Michigan tries to retain its commitment to diversity.
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From Parking Lot to College Town?
A student-run website helps College Park, Maryland, re-invent itself.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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