Is the Party Over?
Eyal Press : In the past two years, the GOP's dream of a permanent majority has become a nightmare.
Brian Beutler on McCain's record with veterans, Reed Lindsay on Haiti, Peter C. Baker on democracy
Articles
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Manufacturing a Food Crisis
Walden Bello : How "free trade" is destroying Third World agriculture--and who's fighting back.
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Haiti on the 'Death Plan'
Reed Lindsay : Protesters decry high food prices--and the savage cost of "free trade" agreements.
Letters
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Letters
Our Readers & Eric Alterman : Readers write back on Jeremiah Wright's church and Henry Siegman's criticism of Israel; Eric Alterman answers his critics.
Editorials & Comment
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Burma's Desperate Hour
: The crisis in Burma justifies humanitarian intervention--but it should be carried out by the UN and limited to emergency relief.
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Obama's GOP Base
John Nichols : Judging by their voting patterns in the primaries, crossover Republicans may swing the presidential election for Barack Obama.
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Noted.
: Jeff Madrick on Clintonomics; John Nichols on the Ron Paul revolt; Ari Berman on superdelegate fence-sitters
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McCain Sells Out Vets
Brian Beutler : There's little evidence that John McCain will do anything, if elected, to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done to veterans' healthcare.
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Bring Back Antitrust!
Harry First : Americans interested in economic justice used to consider antitrust litigation a top priority. Perhaps soon we will think along these lines again.
Reviews
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Playing Games
Stephen Totilo : Are virtual-world video games just another plaything or a new frontier with vast potential to upend social norms?
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Boxed In
Peter C. Baker : Electoral reform in the United States will require federal intervention to empower voters and overcome the challenges posed by state and local autonomy.
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A Wink and a Leer
Jess Harvell : Nick Cave's self-lacerating sense of humor helps him avoid being just another pretentious old rocker.
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Back Talk: Tod Papageorge
Christine Smallwood : Photographer Tod Papageorge reflects on the links between American sports and the Vietnam War.
Columns
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Comix Nation
Ask President Bush
Steve Brodner : Mr. President, did you end up with debacle in Iraq?: "Sure did, fits right in my Bible belt."
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Good Night and Good Luck
Eric Alterman : Pundits embrace the fantasy of Hillary Clinton's candidacy as foolishly as they embraced the Iraq War.
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LOOKOUT
Regime-Quakes in Burma and China
Naomi Klein : Nothing terrifies a repressive regime more than a natural disaster.
Web
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Happily Never After
Annabelle Gurwitch : Gay and ready to tie the knot? Take some advice from a couple of heteros: marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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War of Words
Aziz Huq : An argument over how US officials should speak about terrorism bodes ill for this political season.
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Torturing Iron Man
Nick Turse : The Pentagon does a star turn in Iron Man, and the summer blockbuster turns the realities of the war in Afganistan upside down. Will anyone notice?
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TruthDig
Praying for War at the Gas Pump
Robert Scheer : How have the Saudis thanked George W. Bush for protecting their sorry oil well of a country? Just check the price of gas.
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Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville
Chris Hedges : Time and age have not blunted his fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.
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Bush's Islamist Enemies List
Mohamad Bazzi : By conflating Al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah, the President displays his ignorance--and could be laying the groundwork for attacks by Israel on Hamas and Hezbollah.
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China's Inauspicious Year
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom : China's response to the earthquake and other calamities of 2008 challenges the West to rethink its prejudices.
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Lexington's Mayor: Cities Are Key
MayorTV : Jim Newberry, Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky says, "The presidential candidates absolutely must have an urban agenda."
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The Fight of His Life
John Nichols : Senator Edward M. Kennedy, diagnosed today with a malignant brain tumor, is sidelined at the moment his party is poised to realize the causes and ideals he has promoted for so long.
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FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger
Sonia Shah : Research subjects in developing countries--often the poorest, the sickest and with the fewest options--become more vulnerable.
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Taz Year Thirty
Paul Hockenos : Germany's leading left daily wins the fight to name a street after a leader of the 1968 student movement.
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Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Arthur C. Danto recalls Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Kim analyzes California's gay marriage ruling.
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McCain's Hamas Hypocrisy
The Nation's Chris Hayes takes on McCain's evolving position on Hamas. Turns out he was for talking to Hamas before he was against it.
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Fiction
Wheels Within Wheels
Gary Phillips : This week in Citizen Kang, a gun is brandished, feelings get hurt, clandestine meetings are suggested, and the watcher is watched.
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Dollar-Driven Recruiting
Allen McDuffee : The Department of Defense has dramatically increased its military recruitment budget, but where will the troops come from?
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Why War, Inc. Works
Jeremy Scahill : John Cusack's War, Inc. takes on a seldom-discussed aspect of the occupation: the corporate dominance of the US war machine.
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Gluttony on a Budget: The White Tee Makes a Comeback
Will the white T-shirt trend end any time soon? If girls have their way, it will.
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A (Brief) History of the Youth Vote: An Interview With Author Michael Connery
Youth to Power author Michael Connery chronicles how youth-led organizations are working behind the scenes, on a shoestring budget, to mobilize the 44 million Millennials.
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Gay Marriage Ruling Launches a Larger Fight
Christopher Lisotta : Champagne corks are popping in the Castro and West Hollywood, but elsewhere in America, the fight is just beginning.
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Howl
A Devil's Dictionary of Finance
Nicholas von Hoffman : An irreverent lexicon of terms that paved the way to the subprime mortgage meltdown.
Cover illustration by Victor Juhasz, design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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