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Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders calls for a "new type of Wall Street, a Wall Street that is not interested in bubble economics," in this first in a series of videos.

Aug 11, 2009 / Brave New Films

Lubna Hussein, Hero Lubna Hussein, Hero

  When the subject of Islamic dress comes up, it's often phrased the way President Obama put it in his Cairo speech -- as women's right to wear what they want. Hear, hear. ...

Aug 10, 2009 / Katha Pollitt

Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland

A single platoon lost in a military limbo is a measurement of the stress under which the US Army now operates.

Aug 10, 2009 / Feature / Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare

Readers Real and Ideal Readers Real and Ideal

(I posted this at The Best American Poetry last Friday. I'm going to be blogging there regularly about poetry. I hope you'll take a look.) I love the Gertrude Stein quip David ...

Aug 10, 2009 / Katha Pollitt

White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas? White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas?

Last week, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, John Brennan, the White House's top adviser on terrorism, described the outlines of...

Aug 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Grassroots Groups or Astroturf Agitators? Grassroots Groups or Astroturf Agitators?

Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell tries to get to the bottom of right wing anger on display at healthcare town halls around the country.

Aug 10, 2009 / Countdown

The Death of Mehsud The Death of Mehsud

The death of Baitullah Mehsud, if true, is a good thing for all concerned, not least for the people of Waziristan. He was an oppressive thug and a terrorist with no redeeming soci...

Aug 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Cheney-Like Secrecy of the Obama White House The Cheney-Like Secrecy of the Obama White House

Those of us who proposed the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney for violating his oath of office and engaging in a Nixon-on-steroids spree of high crimes and misdemeanors b...

Aug 8, 2009 / John Nichols

Corrupt Democracy in India Corrupt Democracy in India

Despite vast advances in India's economy, human rights in one of the world's largest democracies remain a major issue. From abuses by police to political violence, India has a lon...

Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

US Still Paying Blackwater Millions US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

Despite the State Department's announcement canceling Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay the company more than $174 million for security services in ...

Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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