Recount: A Nightmare Revisited
Adam Howard : Television
HBO's Recount will bring back bad memories, which is precisely why you should see it.
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Pakistan's Plight
Tariq Ali : US Foreign Policy
A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakistan, and it is not an edifying sight.
2007
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The Great Debate of 2008
Jerry W. Sanders : US Foreign Policy
The time is right for a Great Debate on America's purpose and place in the world. But neither Republicans nor Democrats seem up to the task.
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Relearning the Art of Diplomacy
Anatol Lieven : US Foreign Policy
Most candidates have no idea what it involves.
2004
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Kerry's Trade Winds
Tom Hayden & Lori M. Wallach : Globalization
Smart politicians and policy-makers adjust to reality.
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What Do We Stand For?
Mark Green : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
A blueprint for a progressive patriotism.
2001
2000
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Democratic Vistas
What will the next four years bring? With luck, total gridlock.
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Indecision 2000
Election 2000 provided a dispiriting snapshot of our stalemated political system.
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The 'Stealth Campaign'
Jonathan Schell : Journalists & Journalism
A foggy campaign has ended in a deep fog, as if the people, not having been offered a true choice, have simply decided not to choose.
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Middling Against the Ends
Patricia J. Williams : Voters & Voting
We are choosing the world's most powerful leader. It is not an opinion poll, it is not a popularity contest and it is unlikely ever to be the vehicle for launching a progressive revolution.
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Down to the Wire
As the election draws to a close, tens of millions of dollars' worth of last-minute political action is being spent on behalf of the two major candidates. Bush is pushing his sincerity. Gore is marketing his desire.
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The Election and Beyond
Despite its disapointments, Election 2000 might yet turn out to be the progressive moment--when we stopped backing up and started moving forward.
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Questions From the Floor
A new poll showing that a majority of Americans have high levels of concern about a range of issues that are being ignored in the current campaign.
1999
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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