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Feature
Ten Things Dems Could Do to Win
Why the party needs to have a plan, keep it simple—and do something for the base.
Thomas Geoghegan
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Rand Paul’s Kentucky Derby
The Tea Party favorite is in a race to stitch together a statewide Republican coalition.
Dan Bischoff
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It’s Not the Party—It’s the Policies
Inequality has risen under Republicans and Democrats when they’ve embraced neoliberalism.
Robert Pollin
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Editorial
Good Policy, Good Politics
No one should mistake GOP protest for an indication that Obama’s commitment to $50 billion in infrastructure spending is sufficient to tackle unemployment. It’s a start, but it’s not enough.
The Editors
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Against Counterinsurgency
The recently released report of the Afghanistan Study Group affirms The Nation‘s long-held belief that American military disengagement in Afghanistan, combined with a new diplomatic effort to ensure regional stability, is the best way forward for the war-torn country.
The Editors
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Greene to Green in SC?
In this fall’s South Carolina Senate contest, Democrats should vote for the Green Party candidate.
John Nichols
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Schools vs. Slogans
The disconnect between the realities of public schools and the policy prescriptions coming from the White House is the crux of the problem in education.
Pedro Noguera
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Column
Freshmen Specimen
When we willingly donate parts of our bodies to science, who should profit?
Patricia J. Williams
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Money Well Spent
The ultra-conservative funders the Koch brothers don’t directly fund media—and they don’t have to. Instead, they’ve successfully funded the politicians and the "experts" who create the context for what the media debates.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
It’s Not the Party—It’s the Policies
Inequality has risen under Republicans and Democrats when they’ve embraced neoliberalism.
Robert Pollin
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Letters
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