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Wrong Prescription: McCain’s Healthcare Plan Wrong Prescription: McCain’s Healthcare Plan

McCain would encourage employers to cut coverage. No joke: that's his plan.

Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / J. Lester Feder

Joe Garcia Gaining Among Florida Republicans Joe Garcia Gaining Among Florida Republicans

In south Florida, Joe Garcia is taking on the GOP and the Cuban exile establishment.

Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / Ethan Porter

Why Don’t the Media Get the Bailout? Why Don’t the Media Get the Bailout?

There's still plenty of time for the media to get the bailout story right: just start asking, "Who benefits?"

Oct 8, 2008 / David Cay Johnston

Follow-ups for Sarah Palin Follow-ups for Sarah Palin

Don't let reproductive rights get lost in the run-up to Election Day.

Oct 8, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Obama: Healthcare Should Be a Right Obama: Healthcare Should Be a Right

During the second presidential debate, McCain and Obama show their stark differences on the issue of healthcare.

Oct 8, 2008 / CNN

Toxic Loans, Tainted Food Toxic Loans, Tainted Food

As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.

Oct 7, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert

Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports Sarah Palin’s Extreme Sports

Polititians routinely manipulate Americans' fixation with sports. But Sarah Palin plays an extreme--and disingenuous--version of the game.

Oct 7, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy Bearing Witness: The Afghan Tragedy

Seven years after the US invasion, Afghanistan is still chained to the fundamentalist warlords and the Taliban. Women and children suffer the most.

Oct 7, 2008 / Malalai Joya

Our Healthcare System Is Dying Our Healthcare System Is Dying

If only the federal government could be mobilized to solve the nation's healthcare crisis as quickly as it did for Wall Street.

Oct 3, 2008 / RoseAnn DeMoro

The Palin Fix The Palin Fix

There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.

Oct 3, 2008 / Mark Ames

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