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Coming up on Meet the Press Coming up on Meet the Press

Friday night, one of my colleagues alerted me to the fact that I had confused McConnells. It's not the Bush "enabler" Senator (Mitch of Kentucky) who's going to be on NB...

Jul 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hillary Clinton Wears V-Neck Top! Details at 11. Hillary Clinton Wears V-Neck Top! Details at 11.

Of all the silly, breathless, overthinky pieces about Hillary Clinton's appearance, I mean campaign, this labored bit of style-section psychobabble by Washington Post fa...

Jul 20, 2007 / Katha Pollitt

DeLay’s Not Dead DeLay’s Not Dead

Tom DeLay is not dead. In Max Blumenthal's new video he appears at the College Republicans annual convention, offering an unconventional solution to America's illegal immigration p...

Jul 20, 2007 / Ari Berman

Sweet Ideas Sweet Ideas

Behind each sweet victory, there is usually a sweet idea. So it is heartening to see that The Roosevelt Institution, the nation's first student think tank, has been channeling it...

Jul 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Who Let the Dogs Out on Michael Vick? Who Let the Dogs Out on Michael Vick?

With the indictment of the Atlanta Falcons quarterback on federal conspiracy charges for running an alleged dogfighting operation, the media went into attack mode.

Jul 19, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin

Red Mosque: Endgame for Musharraf? Red Mosque: Endgame for Musharraf?

In the violent aftermath of the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque, the military-mullah alliance that kept Pervez Musharraf in power is unraveling, the Taliban is ascendant, and ho...

Jul 19, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher

Powell: Engage Hamas Powell: Engage Hamas

The Bush Administration, in advance of a much-hyped Middle East conference in September, continues to push a "West Bank first" strategy in the occupied territories that c...

Jul 19, 2007 / Ari Berman

The Virginity Mystique The Virginity Mystique

Wendy Shalit's new book pits "good girls" against "girls gone wild." But where's the middle ground?

Jul 19, 2007 / Feature / Nona Willis Aronowitz

Patriarchy: A Primer for Men Patriarchy: A Primer for Men

What it is, and what to do about it.

Jul 19, 2007 / The Nation

Rappin’ About Literacy Activism Rappin’ About Literacy Activism

What do track, rap and the achievement gap have to do with high school learning? SF State professor and hip-hop activist Dr. Jamal Cooks breaks down the literacy code.

Jul 19, 2007 / The Nation

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