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Do the president's campaign e-mails and leadership style in general betray the heavy hand of big oil on his administration?

His convention speech should draw from the wisdom of black women activists who were the prophets of American democracy.

After railing against non-violent intervention in the face of genocide, Samantha Power rethinks her stand.

The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.

No chain stores or web sites can replace Dutton's in the hearts of the LA literati.

Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford explores the contradictions
of a social revolutionary possessed of an aristocrat's sense of the
wrong and right kind of people.

A GIRL CAN DREAM, CAN'T SHE?

Boise, Idaho

Eugene McCarthy's political life was full of contradictions: A conventional
cold war liberal and fierce anti-Communist, in the Vietnam era, he was
transformed into the standard-bearer of the liberal antiwar movement, a
true hero.

With his campaign to eradicate poverty in America, John Edwards has
shed his Clinton Lite image. But to truly redefine the Democratic party
and win the 2008 presidency, he has a long way to go.

Our friend Jack Newfield, who died on December 20, was a fight fan. Although his heart was with the peace movement, his love for this violent sport was appropriate in a number of ways.