Postcards From Ohio
JoAnn Wypijewski : The white working-class vote is on the line--so is the myth of Clinton-era good times.
The Editors on John McCain, John Nichols on NAFTA, Alexander Cockburn on campaign dirt
Articles
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The Dean Legacy
Ari Berman : The DNC chair has energized aging, ailing or previously nonexistent state parties.
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Obama's Mercenary Position
Jeremy Scahill : He calls private security forces "unaccountable" but may use them in Iraq. Meanwhile, Clinton wants to ban them. UPDATED
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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The Real McCain Scandal
: He doesn't just take money from lobbyists--they're running his campaign.
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Rough Trade Debate
John Nichols : It's not enough for candidates to talk tough about the impact of NAFTA. Workers need realistic remedies.
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Noted.
: Joseph Cirincione on shooting down satellites, John Nichols on Ralph Nader, Ari Melber tracks the net.
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Morning in America
As voters choose sides in a momentous election, feminists call on women to reject the race-gender split.
Reviews
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Good Faith
Daniel Lazare : Two authors posit very different views on the problem of religious conflict in a supposedly secular age.
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Banana Kings
Emily Biuso : The history of banana cultivation is rife with labor and environmental abuse, corporate skulduggery and genetic experiments gone awry.
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The Stravinsky Shuffle
David Schiff : Why listen to Stravinksy in sequence when you can click shuffle on your iPod and rediscover the music anew?
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Less Whining, More Dirt!
Alexander Cockburn : Obama can take the rhetorical high road, but he should have some mean stokers in the engine room.
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LOOKOUT
Obama, Being Called a Muslim Is Not a Smear
Naomi Klein : He should denounce the attacks themselves as racist propaganda.
Web
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Winning Votes, Hearts & Minds
Lou Dubose : Hillary Clinton may have won Texas, but the huge crowds participating for the first time in the primary and caucuses were there mainly because of Barack Obama.
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Milk Wars
David E. Gumpert : As struggling dairy farmers seek profits by responding to rising consumer demand for raw milk, regulators are taking a hard line.
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What Makes Ralph Run
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Ralph Nader explains the reasons why he must run in 2008. They haven't changed since 2004.
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TruthDig
Iraq's Iranian Lovefest
Robert Scheer : Ahmadinejad's triumphal visit to Baghdad highlights the abject failure of the Bush doctrine. But US media yawned.
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The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal
Jerold M. Starr : A Pittsburgh public television activist explains how McCain broke the rules while doing the bidding of a media mogul.
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Two Angry Men
Robert Perkinson : Beyond the sensationalism and the sound bites, the Duke rape case reveals the perils of unchecked prosecutorial power.
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Lame Duck Pitcher
Robert Lipsyte : Roger Clemens has done his damage, to himself and to baseball--and we will see him go down.
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Fiction
X, X, Baby...
Gary Phillips : Our Story: Congresswoman Kang pays a visit on her aging slacker brother, and learns more than she'd care to know.
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Israeli Army Vets Speak Out
Eyal Press : Breaking the Silence comes to America.
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Youth Vote Stereotypes Debunked: 'Three' is the Magic Number
We all know that the youth vote is no mirage, especially not in the 2008 primaries, so why do skeptics continue to question the participation of young voters?
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Streets Called Home: Q&A With Author Jessica Blank
Jessica Blank's new novel debunks homeless teen myths and misconceptions, while the author offers solutions.
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The Grinch Who Stole Our Future
Bush's proposed budget for 2009 seeks to militarize youth plus slash education funding and jobs programs.
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A Season of Change in Texas
Mary Mapes : As a crucial primary looms, Democrats in Texas have gotten the Party started again, as the state continues its remarkable shift from red to blue.
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Washington-Based Antiwar Coalition Re-emerges
Tom Hayden : Targets McCain, Iraq costs.
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The Working-Class Vote in Ohio
Brett Story & VideoNation : What issues matter to Ohio's blue-collar voters? JoAnn Wypijewski reports from the campaign trail.
Cover photograph by Associated Press/Tony Dejak; design by Omar Rubio
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