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Feature
Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks
Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi’as in an effort to resolved the crisis.
Tom Hayden
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Google: Search and Data Seizure
Google’s bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspirations for the Internet.
Jeffrey Chester
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Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism
A conversation with the author and Feministing.com founder about why the next wave of feminist activism will take place online.
Molly Bennet
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Protecting the Wiretappers
Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.
Aziz Huq
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Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington
As a wounded soldier battles to right a wrong, the cavalry arrives.
Joshua Kors
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Lawyers Join Monks to Defy Myanmar’s ‘Forced Politics’
Lawyers in Myanmar t joined forces this week with Buddhist monks to demand national reconciliation and an end to human rights abuse.
The Nation
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Myanmar: A Monk Confronts A General
In a letter to Myanmar strongman Than Shwe, the abbot of a Yangon monastery calls the regime to account for its corruption and the suffering it has imposed on the Burmese people.
U Thangara Linkhara
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Editorial
Clinton and Obama: Running on Ambien
Can America survive the tedium of its black and female candidates?
Barbara Ehrenreich
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When Monks Get Mad
If you think the Buddhist monks challenging the military regime in Myanmar are passive and peaceful, think again.
Andrew Lam
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Noted
A new section features brief comments, late-breaking news, revealing statistics, curiousities, shout-outs, disses, obits, quotable quotes and other short notes.
The Editors
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Chávez: ‘Galbraithiano’
As Venezuela and the rest of Latin America repair the damage of two decades of free-market orthodoxy, John Kenneth Galbraith is a major inspiration.
Greg Grandin
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Our New Look
Take note of our new look, new features, the return of Comix Nation in the print edition of the magazine.
The Editors
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End the Shadow War
Blackwater USA should answer for the crimes of its soldier-contractors in Iraq. Calls for withdrawal from Iraq must also include private security contractors.
The Editors
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Column
Against Happiness
Women are less happy than we used to be. But given the state of the world, perhaps if we had a little more worry and a little less happy, we’d be better off.
Annabelle Gurwitch
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The Sick Knicks
Exposed in court as sex harassers, the coach and owner of a storied basketball team have turned Madison Square Garden into a toxic workplace.
Dave Zirin
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The State Department’s Hired Guns
Why did the State Department tolerate–and pay to conceal–the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?
Robert Scheer
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For Hillary, There’s No Such Thing as Dirty Money
Will her talent for raising campaign cash turn into a liability?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer
His autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.
Naomi Klein
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The Coming ‘Stab in the Back’ Campaign
Bush and the neocons are trying to save their crumbling reputations by blaming critics of the war for the debacle.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
Political Punk: Rage Against the Band
Now with a major label, political punk rockers Against Me! have released what may be the year’s best album. But have they sold out?
Akiva Gottlieb
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Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism
A conversation with the author and Feministing.com founder about why the next wave of feminist activism will take place online.
Molly Bennet
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Ken Burns’s War
His nostalgic PBS series casts WWII as acrucible of meaning. Too bad it lacked a tighter focus on the moral failure of combat.
Chris Hayes
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Frank Schaeffer Goes Crazy for God
The original poster child for the religious right describes how he came to terms with religion and an odd upbringing.
Jane Smiley
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The Best Wars of Their Lives
A historian plugs some suspicious gaps in two revisionist histories of Vietnam.
Rick Perlstein
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Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer
His autobiography sheds light on what motivates hard-right political leaders to apply brutal economic shock therapy.
Naomi Klein
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