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  • Bonfire of the Disney Princesses

    Barbara Ehrenreich : Television

    Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.

  • The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse

    Barbara Ehrenreich : Sweatshops

    The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.

  • The Kids Aren't Alright

    Sharon Lerner : Government Programs

    President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

  • Sick Kids' Laugh Riot

    Annabelle Gurwitch : Health Care Policy

    Dear Congressional Democrats: Here's a funny story about what it's like to have a really sick kid, even if you do have insurance.

  • Let the CHIPs Fall...

    Trudy Lieberman : Health Insurance

    Bush has turned renewal of a successful child health insurance program from a no-brainer to a battle on the future of healthcare.

  • Sick Children, Working Moms

    Ellen Bravo : Working Conditions

    Guilt-ridden mothers send ailing kids to school or daycare for fear of losing their jobs. Isn't it time for paid family leave?

  • Summer Lunch Crunch

    Herman Schwartz : Poverty

    It's going to be a hungry summer for low-income kids on vacation from school lunch programs.

  • A Dangerous Little Beehive?

    Rosa Miriam Elizalde : Theater

    A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States. Subscribe

  • Europeans Do It Better

    Katha Pollitt

    In an overpopulated and warming world, isn't it weird that governments are encouraging large families?

  • Judge Not?

    Patricia J. Williams

    The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy. Subscribe

  • The Care Crisis

    Ruth Rosen : Feminism & Women

    Working mothers can't pamper their stress away--their balancing act needs a political fix.

  • Home Truths

    The Editors : U.S. Economy

    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. Subscribe

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Unrealistic Expectations for Obama | One consequence of his brilliant trip abroad is that the bar for success keeps getting higher and higher for Obama.
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» Capitolism

Friday Capitol Letter | This past week in Congress.
Christopher Hayes

» The Beat

An Opening for the Constitution | The House Judiciary Committee's hearing on presidential accountability today marks the beginning of a process of renewal.
John Nichols

» Passing Through

Doing More With Less | Youth turnout expectations are higher than ever. So why is funding for young voter mobilization drying up?
Michael Connery

» The Dreyfuss Report

Maliki the Thug | He says he wants the US out, but a former Iraqi prime minister has other ideas about Maliki.
Robert Dreyfuss

» The Notion

Fox News Attacked by Rapper, Blackroots & Colbert (Updated) | Fox's worst nightmare: Liberal bloggers and Black hip hop.
Ari Melber

» ActNow!

Send Karl Rove to Jail | The former Bush advisor regards the law with contempt, so it's time the law and Congress hold him in contempt as well.
Peter Rothberg

» Editor's Cut

Rethinking Afghanistan | There is no easy answer but we need to think beyond the reflexive response of troop escalation in order to find sane and humane alternatives.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» And Another Thing

McCain Opposes Contraception -- Pass It On | He's for Viagra and against the pill. Why won't the media cover this important story?
Katha Pollitt