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Palin Reverses Press Ban Palin Reverses Press Ban

This shouldn't even be news, but yes, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will actually take questions from the press during her quest for the White House, pe...

Sep 7, 2008 / Ari Melber

Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated) Palin Coward Clock Starts Ticking (Updated)

Sarah Palin is an able liar, as her acceptance speech showed. She may be a coward, too, at least when it comes to facing down the reporters she blasted from the comfort of that sol...

Sep 6, 2008 / Ari Melber

What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin

Now that the Republican National Convention is done, there is much speculation about how Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will respond to questions from the media that she so pointedly...

Sep 6, 2008 / John Nichols

Mexico’s Drug Problem–and Ours Mexico’s Drug Problem–and Ours

Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?

Sep 6, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

GOP Mocks Public Service GOP Mocks Public Service

Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

Sep 5, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier and John Atlas

McCain and The Forrestal McCain and The Forrestal

Last night, John McCain went on at length about his imprisonment in Vietnamese POW camps, and indeed his time as a captive in Vietnam has been the spark to his political career si...

Sep 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss

Q&A with Jim Brown Q&A with Jim Brown

The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.

Sep 5, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Inside Palin’s Politics Inside Palin’s Politics

Wednesday night I did a CBS Webcast with Katie Couric and sparred with Republican strategist Barbara Comstock over Sarah Palin -- what she represents and where she would lead the...

Sep 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sarah, Will UB My BFF? Sarah, Will UB My BFF?

U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!

Sep 5, 2008 / Annabelle Gurwitch

The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican The Anti-Republican Who Is Really a Republican

ST. PAUL – In the eighth year of Republican dominance of the executive branch of the federal government, after an extended period in which Republicans also controlled the legisl...

Sep 5, 2008 / John Nichols

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