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Feature
Exit Poll
American voters, stuck in the world that Bush and Cheney have crafted, are sensing doom--and they want out.
Tom Engelhardt
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The Huckabee Factor
With talk of a possible VP slot and a dedicated core of supporters, the former Arkansas governor's popularity shows the Christian right's not done yet.
Sarah Posner
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The Strangulation of Gaza
The breach in the wall at Rafah dramatized the fact that an imprisoned population is at the point of starvation.
Saree Makdisi
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Firestone’s Super Bowl Fumble
Few people watching the Firestone-sponsored Super Bowl halftime show are aware of the company's reputation in Liberia for harsh working conditions, child labor and environmental ruin.
Ruthie Ackerman
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Machinations
The night after the funeral of her friend and mentor, Congresswoman Kang learns that all is not what it seems...
Gary Phillips
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Denial in the Corps
A stressed-out Marine Corps sends its troops on repeated tours to Iraq and then tosses them out when they come back traumatized.
Kathy Dobie
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Editorial
Will the Senate OK More Bush Spying?
Democratic leaders are poised to validate Bush's illegal surveillance, giving up even more ground than their Republican colleagues did. Why?
Ari Melber
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Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive
Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
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Exit Edwards, Stage Left
His candidacy is ended, but John Edwards should continue his campaign to make economic justice in America the Democrats' core message.
John Nichols
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Noted.
A "green" Hummer, bad karma from Firestone tires at the Super Bowl, MIA at the Oscars, remembering Milton Wolff.
the Editors
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Not So Superdelegates
Unelected insiders may well hold the key to the 2008 Democratic nomination. How did things become so undemocratic?
Ari Berman
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Bush’s Last Hurrah
What happens when the President gives a State of the Union address and nobody listens?
the Editors
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Column
Bush’s Budget Legacy
Curb your enthusiasm. No matter who wins, we can't reverse the damage of Bush's bloated military budget.
Robert Scheer
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We Might Be Giants
A Patriots Super Bowl win was written in the stars. But every once in a while, the double-digit underdog can win.
Dave Zirin
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The Ron Paul Economy
OK, three-quarters of what he says is wacky. But his view of the Fed's contribution to rampant inflation is right on the money.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Disowned by the Ownership Society
Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market's false promises to ordinary Americans.
Naomi Klein
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Ms.understanding
The magazine walks into a trap labeled "political correctness," "left-wing anti-Semitism" and "multiculturalist Islam love."
Katha Pollitt
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Back to the New Frontier: A Short History of Change
Change may be the mantra, but continuity is the undertow.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books & the Arts
The Where of It
The best location for Lawrence Weiner's conceptual art is in the viewer's own imagination.
Barry Schwabsky
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Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive
Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
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The Big Yam
Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.
John Feffer
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New Old Things
A new collection of short pieces by the prodigious and wide-ranging critic Luc Sante doubles as a history of Modernism's outlaws.
Frances Richard
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Where Abstract Starts
I sit here it is 4:00
Should I say it?
Death occurred to me
And the fit over bounded
My physical thought
As I lie hereJoseph Ceravolo
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Lives on the Ground
New memoirs from Israel and Palestine offer the chance not to escape the political conflict but to grasp the way it impacts daily life.
Adina Hoffman
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