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Feature
Paulson’s Swindle Revealed
United Steelworkers Union prez Leo Gerard cracks open the sweetheart deal that bailed out nine banks–and likely lined the Treasury Secretary’s own pockets–with billions of taxpayer dollars. Does anybody care?
William Greider
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India’s Persecuted Christians
Members of India’s poorest classes who converted to Christianity to escape the caste system, now find themselves the targets of brutal persecution by Hindu nationalists.
Barbara Crossette
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Meeting Myself in Bucks County
Knocking on doors for Obama, a native son discovers how things have changed.
Robert S. Eshelman
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McCain’s Bermuda Triangle
Just months after the Keating Five scandal, John McCain hosted a family reunion at a Bermuda Navy base–on the taxpayer’s dime.
Ross Tuttle
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Brimstone and Bowlers
The soldier and the rich guy await their fates in the afterlife, while Cynthia Kang’s brother gets in way over his head.
Gary Phillips
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Nader’s Stubborn Idealism
Ralph Nader is a man of political substance, trapped in an era of easy lies.
William Greider
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Nader’s Debate
At a third-party candidates’ debate before a tiny audience in Washington Thursday, Ralph Nader continued to prove he takes this race seriously.
David Weigel
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The GOP’s Blame-ACORN Game
Republicans are scapegoating the respected community advocacy group for Wall Street’s disastrous lending spree.
Peter Dreier and John Atlas
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Protect This Election
Pieces of Karl Rove’s plan to suppress the votes of students, minorities, the transient and the elderly are still in place–and could threaten any races that are remotely close.
Andrew Gumbel
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Editorial
A Bad Case of Electuenza
Incessant cries for help–and money–from people running campaigns are destroying my peace of mind.
Annabelle Gurwitch
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Rocking the Black Vote
Dallas DJ Tom Joyner is encouraging African-American listeners to engage in electoral politics.
Amy Alexander
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The Raucous Caucus
A wave of progressive women candidates could help steer the next Congress in new directions on war and peace, fair trade and civil liberties.
John Nichols
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Noted.
Lucas Mann on new voters, Cole Robertson and Robert Eshelman on ballot initiatives, Katrina vanden Heuvel on the Working Families Party.
The Editors
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Swiftboat Blues
The slumping economy has made GOP smear tactics seem petty and shrill–but they’re looking forward to their next shot.
Ari Berman
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Democratic Vistas
As a nation hopeful for change heads to the polls, there is reason to believe progressive voices will be heard.
The Editors
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Column
GM-Chrysler: Too Dumb to Fail
Doesn’t anyone in Washington have the courage to pull the plug on an industry on life support?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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McCain’s Taxing Logic
Even his core supporters get it: Someone’s got to pay for this mess, and better those who got rich off the stock market theft than the rest of us.
Robert Scheer
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Bloomberg Beats Democracy
New York’s City Council grants Mayor Michael Bloomberg the opportunity to run for a third term. He’ll probably win, but will New Yorkers?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Culture War: Out of Juice?
The culture wars may fail at the top of the ticket this year, but expect right-wing mayhem further down the ballot.
Katha Pollitt
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Against Obama
Never has the dead hand of the past had a “reform” candidate so firmly by the windpipe.
Alexander Cockburn
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Books & the Arts
Photo Ops: Josef Koudelka Revisits Prague 1968
A new book and companion exhibition highlight a Czech photographer’s stunning snapshots of the Soviet invasion of Prague.
Megan Buskey
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The Searchers
Tribalism is in vogue among conservative Middle East scholars. But a better understanding comes from investigating regional ties rather than sectarian divisions.
Moustafa Bayoumi
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