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Judging Harriet Miers

Democrats must rise up and challenge conservative claptrap about "activist judges"

Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

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All for One, None for All

School choice policies sacrifice universal education in favor of personal freedom

Linda Baker

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Hurricanes Rain on Bushs Tax Cut Parade

How the Katrina catastrophe proves that conservatives' tax cut zealotry has left America vulnerable to disaster.

David Sirota

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Disasters: Natural and Social

Eric Klinenberg discusses the militarization of social services and what will be missing from any national conversations about poverty

Joel Bleifuss

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Reckoning with the God Squad

Fundamentalist bullies cannot be appeased. They must be confronted.

Bill Moyers

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Bad on the Basics

John Roberts' affability masks a callous indifference to some of our most fundamental rights

Stephen J. Fortunato Jr.

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Operation Enduring Boredom

Far from celebrating free expression, the Pentagon's September 11 Freedom Walk was expression free

Christopher Hayes

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Brothers in Arms

The United States moves a step closer to restoring military aid to Indonesia, despite its massive human rights abuses

Ben Terrall

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Chinas Press Crackdown

The broadening of economic reforms in China has been met with greater restrictions on journalists

Jehangir Pocha

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Will History Repeat Itself?

A flooded New Orleans 78 years ago helped pave the way for the New Deal. Could it happen again?

David Moberg

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Beyond the Vietnam Syndrome

Norman Solomon

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Shooting Down the Breeze

The promise of wind power has been impeded by species-protection scandals and a lack of public trust

Mischa Gaus

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Exiting Iraq

Tom Hayden

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Echoes of Oslo

Iraq's Constitutional debate is a symptom of a country with an equally profound identity problem

Mark Levine

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Here Comes the Neighborhood

Richard Rodriguez examines the Hawaiianization of the United States

Richard Rodriguez

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Will Withdrawal Make Gaza a Frontier Ghetto?

Neve Gordon

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Addressing the State of the Movement

Three perspectives on our 'Environmentalism is Dead' package

In These Times Staff

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Give Iranian Nukes a Chance

In a mad world, the logic of MAD still works

Slavoj Žižek

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A New Standard?

China's decision to revalue its currency may mark a change in the world's deal with the dollar

Jehangir Pocha

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Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive

Extraordinary remedies are still required to protect minority enfranchisement

Salim Muwakkil

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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Sexist antics and union-busting cast doubt on American Apparel's progressive cred

Ari Paul

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Dueling Dynasties

With Chicago's Mayor Daley embroiled in scandal, Jesse Jackson Jr. eyes the 2007 race

Ethan Michaeli

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Gods and Mortals

The AFL-CIO's split may impact smaller state and local federations the most

David Moberg

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Women’s Work

Female union members are gaining clout, but are still shut out of top labor positions

Kari Lydersen