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Who’s Got the Power?
Progressives find themselves outmaneuvered on healthcare reform.
September 2009
COVER STORY
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The ‘Post-Racial’ President
Barack Obama navigates a world where color still matters.
Features
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Aiding and Abetting War Crimes
The Israeli military tested new weapons in Gaza with U.S. support.
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COIN Toss
Counterinsurgency failed before, but the United States is trying again.
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Israel’s Gadfly
Haaretz's Gideon Levy bucks Israeli media to report on Palestinian suffering.
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When Renewable Is Not Sustainable
Ethanol and solar power deplete land and water resources.
Act Locally
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Litterers or Life-Savers?
Government prosecutes activists who leave water for immigrants
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Fast Food, Slow Justice
Workers protest Yum! Brands firings.
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Snapshot: Prayer for Peace
KATHMANDU, NEPAL—On August 5, about 1,000 Tibetan monks, nuns and activists take part in a candle-light vigil at Boudhanath... more
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Taming Wall Street Cowboys
A new advocacy group heads to Capitol Hill to counter financial industry lobbyists hungry for deregulation.
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Live Free, Die Free
The Final Exit Network, a right-to-die organization, battles government euthanasia accusations.
culture
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In Person
Slam of the Free, Poem of the Brave
Activism through spoken word, at the Brave New Voices Poetry Slam.
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books
Dixie Media Versus Unions
A new book reveals how Southern media have strengthened the region's corporatocracy.
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books
The Big Green Apple
It's easy being green in NYC.
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film
Why Kansas Matters
A new documentary details how politics and religion intersect in America.
Columnists
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Editorial
Dems, You Have the Power!
Last November, at one of the most perilous moments in U.S. history, Americans gave Barack Obama and... more
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Back Talk
News Media ‘Acting Stupidly
The most exasperating, if utterly predictable, lesson from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. contretemps was not about race.... more
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Views
Healthcare’s 13 Tyrants
For those still clinging to quaint notions of the American ideal, these have been a faith-shaking 10 years. Just... more
