The Care Crisis
Ruth Rosen : Working mothers can't pamper their stress away--their balancing act needs a political fix.
Eric Foner on Lincoln's antiwar record, Mark Green on fixing our democracy, Stuart Klawans on the films of Abbas Kiarostami.
Articles
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Remembering Norma Rae
Robert Nathan & Jo-Ann Mort : Why does Hollywood render unions and the working class invisible?
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How to Fix Our Democracy
Mark Green : In just six years, Bush has squandered centuries of American progress. It's time to start repairing the damage.
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Democracy Protection Act
Mark Green : Here's a list of actions Congress must take to help the nation recover from the Bush Administration's assaults on our liberties and values.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Home Truths
: That poor children in the United States and Britain have the worst quality of life in the developed world speaks volumes about our misplaced priorities.
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Uneasy Calm in Palestine
Neve Gordon : Israel's unilateralist government isn't interested in a negotiating partner, but without a united Palestinian leadership, chances for local and regional peace are slim.
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Bloggers on the Trail
Ari Melber : John Edwards's netroots flap only proves that Democrats should tap into bloggers' energy and learn to manage their passions.
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Lincoln's Antiwar Record
Eric Foner : Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.
Reviews
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book
Empire Fall
Christian Parenti : A biography of Bernard Fall examines the life of the man who laid the foundations for contemporary war reporting.
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book
The Strains of Inspiration
Jonathan Rée : The Friendship describes how Wordsworth and Coleridge's fiercely uneven relationship affected their lives and work.
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film
Winter Light
Stuart Klawans : Stuart Klawans reviews Into Great Silence, Sátántangó and the Museum of Modern Art's retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami's films.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat
Calvin Trillin : The ultimate test of patriotism.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Liberalism's Lost Libretto
Eric Alterman : Tom Stoppard's epic Coast of Utopia speaks as much to the state of the American left as it does to the roots of Russia's revolution.
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LOOKOUT
A Trial for Thousands Denied Trial
Naomi Klein : As Jose Padilla's trial unfolds in Miami, the cruel methods of US interrogators are finally being put on trial.
Web
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An American Tragedy
Andrew Lam : The Iraq War has replaced Vietnam as the emblem of America's worst impulses.
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Howl
Green Politicians, Real and Fake
Nicholas von Hoffman : Some political leaders spin fantasies about how to deal with global warming. Others, like Al Gore and London Mayor Ken Livingston, are prepared to deal with the ugly truth. Who do you believe?
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TruthDig
North Korea: Back to the Future
Robert Scheer : Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?
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Collision Course With Iran
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Instead of using diplomacy to defuse nuclear tensions with Iran, the Bush Administration is seeking to bypass Congress and lay the groundwork for an attack.
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New Hope in Albany: Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance
Students lobby their state government for tuition assistance.
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Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule
Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule.
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Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush's plan to expand Pell Grants
The downsides to President Bush's plan to expand Pell Grants.
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Lessons From a Swing State
The editors of the documentary Swing State Ohio share lessons learned and offer food for thought for 2008.
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Gina's Story
As a student of color from a working class background in a liberal arts environment, Gina is just one of many women working to bridge two very different worlds.
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GOP 'Catch the Immigrant' Game Catches Flak
Sam Graham-Felsen : College Republicans staged a tasteless game at NYU and hundreds of students showed up to oppose them.
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Tracking the Ghost Pilots
Chris Kromm & Jill Doub : Court challenges gain steam as news organizations identify pilots of planes transporting terror suspects to secret prisons.
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Justice Perverted
Jonathan Hafetz : Unless the Supreme Court or Congress intervenes, an appeals court ruling this week on Guantánamo detainees opens the door to a global detention system where people can be moved like pawns in a perversion of American justice.
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In Russia's Blogosphere, Anything Goes
Anna G. Arutunyan : Russian blogs are flourishing as alternative media and launchpads for an emerging civil society, but corruption and government manipulation are flourishing as well.
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What Really Matters
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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