Israel at 60: The State of the State
Eric Alterman : Israeli writers and intellectuals look at their nation and its problems in a more nuanced and realistic way than most Americans.
Gary Younge on Bristol Palin, Sarah Goodman on prisons, Michael Tisserand on New Orleans
Articles
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War Is Personal
Eugene Richards : A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.
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Overcharged
Emily Jane Goodman : As they serve prison time, offenders are slapped with fees they can't pay, creating a vicious cycle.
Letters
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Letters
Our Readers : Readers write back about the debut of a sex column, MoveOn at ten, the demise of newspapers and more.
Editorials & Comment
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Tale of Two Conventions
: Populist politics in Denver; an elaborate fraud in St. Paul.
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Slow Food for Thought
Eric Schlosser : Affluent foodies embrace sustainable agriculture, oblivious that ordinary people--especially the poor--don't have a seat at the table.
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Revisiting New Orleans
Michael Tisserand : It took Gustav to make Hurricane Katrina a campaign issue.
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Noted.
: Sarah Palin, pit bull in lipstick; Amy Goodman behind bars.
Reviews
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book
An Unlikely King
Bernard Avishai : An authoritative new biography of Jordan's King Hussein offers an absorbing diplomatic history of the Middle East.
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We Colonials
Margot Canaday : William Eskridge's Dishonorable Passions is the first comprehensive history of sodomy law in America.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans
Calvin Trillin : The GOP's prayers are answered.
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Comix Nation
The Legend of Flyboy McPlane
Robert Grossman : Rolling out of the hangar, ready for war.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
The Times, They Have A-Changed
Eric Alterman : Nothing short of a divine thunderbolt will get Obama's message through to the brain-dead media establishment.
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LOOKOUT
New Orleans: The City That Won't Be Ignored
Naomi Klein : Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the GOP; instead, it became an argument for drilling.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
Sarah Palin's Shotgun Politics
Gary Younge : The vile politics of the party of abstinence stepped up to suffocate Bristol Palin in its embrace.
Crossword
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The Truth Can Move Us Forward
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : We suffer not only from the loss of innocent life on 9/11, but because the attacks became the rationale for an unjust war. It's time to face the truth.
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The Secret Behind the Surge
Tom Hayden : Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
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TruthDig
McCain and the Mortgage Meltdown
Robert Scheer : John McCain's fingerprints are all over our current financial crisis.
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9/11 Plus Seven
Andrew J. Bacevich : Seven years after the attacks, the Bush Administration's strategy to transform the world has squandered our resources, buried us in debt and poses a greater strategic threat than Osama bin Laden ever did.
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Palin's Hidden Base
American News Project : It turns out Sarah Palin has something substantial to hide, especially from swing voters.
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Seven Years Since September 11
TomDispatch : Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power, offers a powerful summary judgment on how the Bush Administration responded to the attacks of 9/11.
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A Conservative Confidence Game
Deborah Stone : The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac crisis strips the clothes off the Emperor of Markets.
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Maverick to Nowhere
Talking Points Memo : Sarah Palin's record in Alaskan politics lays bare the myth of her maverick credentials.
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Howl
State Capitalism Comes to America
Nicholas von Hoffman : A historic line has been crossed. With no debate or commitment to policy or principle, an enormous segment of the American economy has been turned over to the government.
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Beyond the Ballot: Young Black Men and Voting
While youth voting is on the rise, barriers to civic engagement among working-class black youth persist. How are activists going beyond voter registration to break down these barriers?
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From Organizer to Elected Official
Peter Dreier : It's not that big a leap from the public service work done by community organizers and the pragmatic work of coalition-building done by elected officials.
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Maddow Exposes Big McCain Campaign Lies
MSNBC : Rachel Maddow offers a timely fact-check of the McCain campaign's recent spate of lies about Barack Obama.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : The highs and lows of both conventions, Jesse Jackson's first public comments since July and a debate on the role of progressives in the weeks to come.
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Howl
Mexico's Drug Problem--and Ours
Nicholas von Hoffman : Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?
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GOP Mocks Public Service
Peter Dreier & John Atlas : Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.
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Southpaw
Q&A with Jim Brown
Dave Zirin : The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.
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Fired Up
Sarah, Will UB My BFF?
Annabelle Gurwitch : U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!
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Palin Pundit Hypocrisy
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection
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Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Christine Smallwood : Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
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Crossword Classic #16
Frank W. Lewis : From the January 31, 1948, issue.
Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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