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All The News That’s Fit To Print? All The News That’s Fit To Print?

 Non-news led the news at the Times when Petraeus met the Armed Services Committee.

Mar 19, 2010 / Laura Flanders

GOP Peaceniks? GOP Peaceniks?

Some Republicans suggest that a "silent majority" of their party opposes nation-building and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. So where are they?

Mar 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Beck and Palin: “Violence is Not The Answer” Beck and Palin: “Violence is Not The Answer”

 "Leadership is not hitting somebody over the head. It's not taking up arms at this point. That's not leadership -- that's assault," explains the former Alaska gover...

Mar 18, 2010 / Ari Melber

The Left Never Left Obama The Left Never Left Obama

Progressives are learning how Obama actually leads: as a manager and technocrat. And that's not a bad thing.

Mar 18, 2010 / Ari Melber

Immigrants to Obama: It’s Time Immigrants to Obama: It’s Time

Around the country, the temperature in immigrant communities is rising--and on Sunday,  Washington, DC, felt the heat.

Mar 18, 2010 / Gabriel Thompson

National Catholic Reporter Joins Nuns in Backing Health Reform National Catholic Reporter Joins Nuns in Backing Health Reform

"Congress, and its Catholics, should say yes to health care reform," argues key Catholic paper, as representatives of 59,000 nuns back reform.

Mar 18, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday

Healthcare reform, political novels, and the mail.

Mar 18, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Poor Eric Massa Poor Eric Massa

He's in a pickle.

Mar 18, 2010 / Calvin Trillin

Who Speaks for Human Rights? Who Speaks for Human Rights?

A clash between a feminist activist and a former Guantánamo detainee divides the left.

Mar 18, 2010 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis

Hondurans’ Great Awakening Hondurans’ Great Awakening

Despite brutal repression, a bold resistance movement is defying the US-backed coup regime.

Mar 18, 2010 / Feature / Dana Frank

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