• Religion Threatens '08 Presidential Race

  Separation of Church & State

  Rev. Howard Moody: We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.

• The Dark Bailout

  Video

  YouTube : While the financial crisis is nothing to joke about, the Joker from The Dark Knight couldn't be any worse than George W. Bush

• Turning Point in the Gang Crisis

  Youth Violence

  Tom Hayden: Will the missing issues of gangs, poverty, dropouts, the inner city and policing redefine the presidential debate?

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• Obama's Dream Team

  US Foreign Policy

  Katrina vanden Heuvel: A fantasy lineup of progressive advisors to help the next president end war, repair alliances and rebuild the economy.

• America Needs a New New Deal

  U.S. Economy

  Katrina vanden Heuvel & Eric Schlosser: We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.

• Blood in the Caucasus

  Russia

  Katrina vanden Heuvel: It's time for the US to dissolve its cold war military alliances and develop realistic new policies toward Russia.