ACLU v. ACLU
Scott Sherman : The civil liberties organization is engulfed in a tumultuous family feud over its controversial leader.
David Corn on the Scooter Libby trial, Alexander Cockburn on the Israel lobby's waning clout, Ruth Scurr on the concept of total war.
Articles
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Goodbye, Horatio Alger
Jeff Madrick : Is education widening the class divide?
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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For the Republic
: Can a single man force a nation to fight an unpopular war? Here's how Congress can stand up to Bush.
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Obama's Challenge
John Nichols : If Barack Obama is to secure critical grassroots support for his presidential bid, he must be less about celebrity and more about policy.
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Scootergate: The Trial
David Corn : In the case against Scooter Libby, the Iraq War is not on trial. But the integrity of the White House is.
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EPI's Agenda for Change
William Greider : Americans are ready for big, bold ideas to heal our social and economic wounds.
Reviews
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My Beef With Vegetarianism
Daniel Lazare : The Bloodless Revolution explores four centuries of arguments for vegetarianism, from good health to fascist politics.
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The President and the Prophet
Eric Foner : The Radical and the Republican traces the antislavery politics of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
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Savage Wars of Peace
Ruth Scurr : Ruth Scurr reviews The First Total War, a study of Napoleonic France that illuminates the causes of all-out war.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Question and a Follow-up for George W. Bush's Next Press Conference
Calvin Trillin : It's not the surge we're worried about. It's the soldiers.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Get Carter! Iran, Too!
Alexander Cockburn : The Israel lobby retains its grip inside the Beltway, but it's starting to lose its hold on the broader public debate.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Ayatollah D'Souza
Katha Pollitt : Dinesh D'Souza revs up the Republican base with a book arguing that lifestyles of the decadent left triggered Muslim anger that led to 9/11.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
The Illogic of Empire
Gary Younge : Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq and escalation of the war.
Web
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Stop the Iran War Before It Starts
Scott Ritter : President Bush's State of the Union address proved he is hellbent on going to war with Iran. Here's what the Democrats must do to stop him.
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The Maya Survivors vs. Los Genocidios
An interview with Antonio Caba, a Maya activist working to hold ex-dictators accountable for one of the western hemisphere's most violent civil conflicts in the modern era.
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Choice Up Front
On the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the "We Had Abortions" campaign invites students to add their name to the growing list of women hoping to rid the abortion debate of shame and silence.
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Networked
Think you've read everything about Myspace? Think again. Social network expert danah boyd breaks it down.
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The Press and the Watada Trial
Marc Cooper : Also at stake in the trial of an Army officer who refuses to deploy to Iraq is the independence of the press.
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Iraqi Refugees Find No Haven in US
Andrew Lam : The 3 million refugees fleeing the Iraq war and insurgency will find no welcome mat here.
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Southpaw
A Tale of Two Coaches
Dave Zirin : Kudos to Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy for being the first two black coaches to lead teams to the Superbowl. But hold the applause for the NFL.
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Howl
Bush's Sacrifice
Nicholas von Hoffman : Bush is soft-pedaling the idea of sacrifice as a way of making his war palatable to ordinary Americans. But the tactic isn't working all that well.
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Draft Obama! Why Bother?
Ari Melber : Ambitious politicians don't need a draft to run for higher office, but as "draft" sites become a campaign essential, genuine netroots activists will pay the price.
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Escalation Opponents Hold White House Vigil
One of over a thousand anti-escalation events taking place around the country.
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Hrant Dink (1954-2007)
Ronald Grigor Suny : A courageous editor and fervent Turkish patriot is killed in the name of nationalists intent on burying the inconvenient realities of history.
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TruthDig
The Verdict's In on Bush
Robert Scheer : No State of the Union message can erase the world's dismal verdict on Bush and the Iraq War.
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The Kinder, Gentler Daniel Ortega
Max Blumenthal : A deeply flawed and complex leader now has a second chance to save the country.
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For America's Sake
Bill Moyers : It's time our leaders recognize Americans hold a set of values that contradict the conservative agenda that has dominated politics for a generation.
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The Fair Trade Democrats
John Nichols : In an interview with Senator Sherrod Brown, Nichols shows that the new Democrats are pursuing a new trade agenda.
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Howl
The High Cost of the Home Team
Nicholas von Hoffman : Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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