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Feature
Nationalists Stirring in Iraq
An emerging Sunni-Shiite coalition could change the face of Iraq--if the United States steps back and gets out of the way.
Bob Dreyfuss
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Lawyers for the Poor Muzzled in Subprime Mess
Civil legal aid attorneys could have sounded the alarm years before the subprime scandal began destroying the lives of urban poor--but Congress wouldn't let them.
Laura K. Abel
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Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
Ann Banks
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‘Catastrophic Times’ for Black America
The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?
Max Fraser
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The Real Mike Huckabee
An interview with a preacher and longtime political confidant reveals that Huckabee's not the sunny figure the media's leading lights have conjured up.
Max Blumenthal
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Scars and Stripes
Liberia's former child soldiers deserve more than the empty promises the world has given them.
Ruthie Ackerman
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The Voter ID Fraud
The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.
Garrett Epps
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Editorial
King’s Legacy of Change
No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.
Grace Lee Boggs
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Hillary’s Real MLK Problem
"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Suharto’s Passage: One Small Man Leaves a Million Corpses
Indonesia's dictator is fading fast: But what of his people's memories of the civilians he killed?
Allan Nairn
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A Platter of Crow for the Pundits
Political opinionators have a lot of explaining to do about their poor prognostication in New Hampshire.
Marvin Kitman
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White Noise on the Golf Channel
After days of dithering, the Golf Channel finally suspends a commentator who joked about lynching Tiger Woods. What took them so long?
Dave Zirin
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How Do You Like Me Now?
If Hillary wants Americans to like her, she should start doing the things Americans like.
Annabelle Gurwitch
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Christianizing US History
With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.
Chris Hedges
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Obama’s Wide Net
His web-driven, self-starting activism could be the key to getting his message out--and bringing young voters to the polls on Super Tuesday.
Ari Melber
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Kenya’s Crisis
The way to end Kenya's electoral violence is to demand a speedy return to full democracy, transparency and power-sharing.
Tavia Nyong’o
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Populism’s Candidate
No matter who wins the Democratic election, the John Edwards campaign has set the domestic agenda for the entire field.
Chris Hayes
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Noted.
Rainbow/PUSH's Wall Street Project Economic Summit, the no-show Golden Globes, postwar suicides.
the Editors
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GOP Dilemmas
John McCain is just enough of an outsider to keep the GOP competitive in a "change" election.
John Nichols
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The Race Is On
Throw polls and pundits out the window: the race will be decided not by kingmakers but by the voters themselves.
the Editors
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Column
Those Ungrateful Saudis
After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?
Robert Scheer
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The Lies of Quinn-Broderville
Truth, lies and attacks on Democrats from columnists at the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Eric Alterman
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American Pie
Don't let the media or the right-wing spinmeisters reduce our first-ever serious black and female presidential candidates to stereotypes.
Patricia J. Williams
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A Lame Duck President During the Presidential Primaries
Whatever happened to what's-his-name?
Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
A Great Deal of Work
Edmund Wilson's politics have long been criticized, but his views were more nuanced than you might think.
George Scialabba
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King’s Legacy of Change
No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.
Grace Lee Boggs
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Hillary’s Real MLK Problem
"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Bugalú Sounds
If you're curious to learn more about the bugalú, check out these five albums.
Oliver Wang
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Boogaloo Nights
A new generation rediscovers the freewheeling rhythms of the Nuyorican bugalú.
Oliver Wang
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A Hard Man
Paul Thomas Anderson's masterful There Will Be Blood pits an oil baron against a preacher in an epic contest of wills.
Stuart Klawans
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Battle Pieces
In This Republic of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust strips from the Civil War any purpose beyond massive slaughter.
Eric Foner
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United We Scam
Two new books profile the generation of counterfeiters and con men who sprouted up in Jacksonian-era America.
Steve Fraser
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Christianizing US History
With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers from deists to Christian fundamentalists.
Chris Hedges
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