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Lexington’s Mayor: Cities Are Key Lexington’s Mayor: Cities Are Key

Jim Newberry, Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky says, "The presidential candidates absolutely must have an urban agenda."

May 20, 2008 / MayorTV

The Fight of His Life The Fight of His Life

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long...

May 20, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols

Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama Robert Byrd’s Anti-War Vote for Obama

Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory last week in West Virginia. It is likely that she will be similarly rewarded tonight by the voters of Kentucky, a state that neighbors Wes...

May 20, 2008 / John Nichols

Jim Webb’s Time to Fight Jim Webb’s Time to Fight

Jim Webb can make the Four Seasons seem like a diner in Owensboro, Kentucky. It's that kind of blue-collar street cred that may be just what it takes to propel the first term Sena...

May 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger

Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.

May 19, 2008 / Feature / Sonia Shah

Taz Year Thirty Taz Year Thirty

Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.

May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Paul Hockenos

Belovèd Belovèd

May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kamau Brathwaite

Introducing: Washington Post Watch Introducing: Washington Post Watch

Today we unveil a new weekly feature called Washington Post Watch, though given the shoddiness of the WaPo's editorial pages we might as well call it Shooting Fish in a Barrel. I...

May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Radio Nation With Laura Flanders Radio Nation With Laura Flanders

Arthur C. Danto recalls Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Kim analyzes California's gay marriage ruling.

May 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Radio Nation

This Week On Tap This Week On Tap

This week, election-season fireworks are expected as Sen. Harry Reid tries to shepherd through a series of House-backed votes on the $250-billion war supplemental bill, including ...

May 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes

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