Things Have Changed
Eric Alterman: Liberal Democrats are the supermajoritarian party of mainstream America. Why is the media blind to their power?
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Palin Reverses Press Ban
Ari Melber
This shouldn't even be news, but yes, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will actually take questions from the press.
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Feature
GOP Mocks Public Service
Peter Dreier & John Atlas : Activism & Organizing
Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.
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New Orleans: The City That Won't Be Ignored
Naomi Klein : New Orleans
Hurricane Gustav should have been political rat poison for the GOP; instead, it became an argument for drilling.
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Community Organizers Fight Back
Christopher Hayes
These people are not particularly practiced in taking things lying down.
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A Noun, A Verb and POW
Brave New Films : Presidential Election 2008
A former POW who served alongside McCain, criticizes the candidate's temperament and use of their experiences for political gain.
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Q&A with Jim Brown
Dave Zirin : Youth Violence
The Hall of Fame football legend discusses his experiences working with gangs in the black community and why the death penalty just doesn't work.
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Tale of Two Conventions
The Editors : Convention 08
Populist politics in Denver; an elaborate fraud in St. Paul.
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Overcharged
Emily Jane Goodman : Jails & Prisons
As they serve prison time, offenders are slapped with fees they can't pay, creating a vicious cycle.
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Obama Defends Community Organizing
John Nichols
"Why would that kind of work be ridiculous? Who are they fighting for? Who are they advocating for?"
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Slow Food for Thought
Eric Schlosser : Food & Nutrition
As foodies gather to celebrate the good things we eat, ordinary people--and the poor--don't have a seat at the table.
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Back Talk: Elizabeth Royte
Christine Smallwood : Water
Environmental writer Elizabeth Royte plumbs our obsession with bottled water.
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War Is Personal
Eugene Richards : Iraq War
A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.
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Revisiting New Orleans
Michael Tisserand : New Orleans
It took Gustav to make Hurricane Katrina a campaign issue.
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Sarah, Will UB My BFF?
Annabelle Gurwitch : Humor
U R so right: With the beehive and schoolmarm glasses, people really take you seriously!
» Editor's Cut
Bernie Strikes Back | Sen. Sanders decries GOP red-baiting in an exclusive Q & A.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» The Notion
Palin Reverses Press Ban | This shouldn't even be news, but yes, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will actually take questions from the press.
Ari Melber
» Campaign 08
Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Palin | GOP puts its candidate in a political witness protection program.
John Nichols
» The Beat
What McCain Needs to Tell Us About Sarah Palin | Interviewing the VP choice is important, but the real questions can only be answered by McCain.
John Nichols
» The Dreyfuss Report
McCain and The Forrestal | Back in '67, McCain did recognize the horror of war. But he chose horror.
Robert Dreyfuss
» Capitolism
Community Organizers Fight Back | These people are not particularly practiced in taking things lying down.
Christopher Hayes
» ActNow!
Power Vote | New effort to build a green youth voter bloc of one million is growing.
Peter Rothberg
» And Another Thing
Sarah Palin, Wrong Woman for the Job | Seriously, people! Life is not a Lifetime movie.
Katha Pollitt
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DEADLINE POET
Two Views of Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans
Calvin Trillin : The GOP's prayers are answered.
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Noted.
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