Is This the Big One?
Jeff Faux : The blowback of housing deflation on our overleveraged financial markets has seriously constricted the flow of credit--the lifeblood of the world's largest debtor economy.
Maude Barlow on water wars, Alexander Cockburn on Barack Obama, Calvin Trillin on John McCain
Articles
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Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Eric Alterman : Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
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Water Warriors
Maude Barlow : Not everyone considers access to water to be a human right. A global water justice movement is changing that notion.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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End the War: Try Again
Christopher Hayes : Ten Congressional Democratic challengers have proposed a "Responsible Plan to End the War." It just might work.
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For a Social Bailout
Robin Blackburn : Let's reinvent progressive economic policy, starting with our own sovereign wealth fund to deal with urgent social needs.
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Noted.
: Prizes for The Nation, Pelosi in Tibet, counting the casualties.
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Health Policy Placebos
David U. Himmelstein & Steffie Woolhandler : Clinton and Obama haven't come up with real solutions yet, but a mass movement could push them toward the right solution.
Reviews
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poetry
One Sun Roaring
Jordan Davis : The Zen reflections in Philip Whalen's poetry have been collected in one beautiful book.
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poetry
A Nurse of Enchantment
Ange Mlinko : Helen Adam wrote to raise gooseflesh. A new collection of her work takes her on her own terms.
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Internal Combustion
Melissa Holbrook Pierson : Could Russell Banks be retooling himself as a fabulist?
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
What Real Straight Talk From McCain Would Sound Like on the Fifth Anniversary Of the Iraq War
Calvin Trillin : This is just the beginning.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Maybe One Cheer for Barack Obama
Alexander Cockburn : He's not a real fighter. He's too pretty and doesn't want to get his looks messed up.
Web
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A Neo-Deal
William Alexander Organek : The new positive rights of the twenty-first century.
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A Modern Government
Max Rose : We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.
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The Way Forward
Kirti Datla : The New Deal demonstrated the power of government to address failures of the market, and to retreat once it was no longer needed
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When and How?
John West : The ethos of the New Deal is only more prescient and pressing today.
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The Change We Wish to See
Grant Resick : Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.
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India: What Ails the Giant?
Jayati Vora : The west routinely celebrates the Indian economy as a stirring giant, but the worsening plight of the rural poor tells a different story: A conversation with Prabhat Patnaik.
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Oh, What a Lovely War! So?
Michael Takiff : Two outrageous statements by Bush and Cheney demonstrate their scorn and contempt for the American people and for the armed forces they command.
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TruthDig
An Unreported Scandal
Robert Scheer : The Bush Administration has presided over the highest run-up in military spending since World War II. As our economy collapses, why can't the media connect the dots?
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Politics at a Price
Christopher Hayes & Te-Ping Chen : A former GOP fundraiser talks about donor psychology, disillusionment and the high cost of winning.
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It's a Scandal, All Right
Mary Mapes : Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?
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YouTube for Smart People
Ari Melber : Big Think seeks to smarten up the Internet by getting up close and intellectual with the most creative thinkers alive.
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Fired Up
Worst News of the Year
Annabelle Gurwitch : Here's what's gone wrong so far--and it's only April.
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Southpaw
Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark
Dave Zirin : A ballpark for rich folks displaces the poor. But the Washington Post fails to utter a discouraging word.
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The Lessons of Basra
Robert Dreyfuss : The latest round of Iraq's Shiite vs. Shiite civil war was to have been Bush's defining moment. The result: utter humiliation for the US and the Iraqi government.
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Waiting for the Next Revolution
Jordana Timerman : After fifty years of revolution, a change of leadership offers the possibility of significant change. But the average Cuban seems to have no idea how to proceed.
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Unlawful Influence at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.
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The Little Administration That Couldn't
Tom Engelhardt : At the hour of our latest and greatest crisis, don't expect anything of this bunch but the usual heck of a job.
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Howl
Put Inflation on the Political Agenda
Nicholas von Hoffman : Gas is up, sneakers are up, onions are up and eggs, too. The only thing that is not up is your income.
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Fiction
Girl Talk
Gary Phillips : This week's episode of Citizen Kang: The Congresswoman and a lobbyist get down with some cuisine and chat about evildoers, while the game's afoot in other quarters.
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