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Feature
Moving Forward
Why progressives need to own Obama's achievements—and build a movement to pressure him to do more.
Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava
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Lawless Courts
Immigration judges who flagrantly disregard the law are sheltered by a secretive system.
Jacqueline Stevens
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The New Civic Activism in Russia
Indifference and suspicion might be as much to blame as authoritarianism for Russia's lack of democracy. That's why an uptick in local-level civic engagement is welcome news.
Vadim Nikitin
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Editorial
The Extremist GOP
Moderates are no longer welcome in the GOP—and Democrats shouldn't try to compromise with what the party's become.
the Editors
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Noted.
Bruce Shapiro on Virginia Thomas's phone call to Anita Hill; Jennifer O'Mahony on Murdoch Corp's attempt to expand in Britain
Various Contributors
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Down-Ballot Power
Unfortunately for Democrats, who have dominated statehouse politics since 2006, the party’s troubles at the national level extend to the states.
John Nichols
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Foreclosure Fraud Fallout
As long as Obama allows banks to write their own rules on foreclosure, he's a willful participant in their ongoing scam.
Kai Wright
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Column
West Bank Stories
Obama has paid an enormous price for pushing Israel to keep promises it has already made to freeze settlement expansion, and for what?
Eric Alterman
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Forgetting Afghanistan
It's not hard to understand why Americans want to forget all about Afghanistan. But remembering the war would demand a necessary reckoning.
Gary Younge
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Books & the Arts
West Bank Stories
Obama has paid an enormous price for pushing Israel to keep promises it has already made to freeze settlement expansion, and for what?
Eric Alterman
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That Seventies Show
The continuous readjustment of expectations downward: For historians like Jefferson Cowie and Judith Stein, that was the key experience of the 1970s.
Rick Perlstein
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The Magic Mountain: The 2010 New York Film Festival
Lee Chang-Dong's Poetry, Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff, Charles Ferguson's Inside Job and other films
Stuart Klawans
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