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Dispatch
Dropping Out of Electoral College
Maryland is the first state to pass the National Popular Vote (NPV) into law, and several others are right behind
Martha Biondi
Mike Huckabee: Christian Fascism Finds Its Man
Jarrett

Feature
Inside the Beast:
Lifelines, Lifetimes and Timelines: Hoisting Ourselves up the Fossil Chain
The Yes Men
Viewpoint
McGovern Still on the Antiwar Path
The retired senator and former ambassador to the United Nations is stumping for a book he co-wrote with foreign policy analyst William R. Polk called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now while buttonholing dozens of members of Congress and urging our immediate withdrawal from Iraq
Laura S. Washington

Dispatch
Bike-Sharing Is Caring
Bike-sharing programs that provide cheap access to inner-city bicycles are popular all over Europe, and Beijing, and even American cities are catching on
Adam Doster
So Long To A Giant
Jarrett

Dispatch
Acid-Mining Michigan
Rio Tinto subsidiary Kennecott plans to develop a nickel sulfide mine beneath the fragile Salmon Trout River in the state's Upper Peninsula
Chuck Glossenger
Third Shock’s The Charm
Jarrett

Culture
Bad Cop, Badder Cop in Brazil
Does the new shoot-'em-up film Tropa de Elite bring out the country's inner fascist?
Holmes Wilson
Viewpoint
Warning: Drug Ads Can Make You Sick
A $4.2 billion annual drug industry incessantly reinforces the medicalization of complaints through direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising
Terry J. Allen
Viewpoint
No Talking to the Enemy
Both the U.S. and Iranian governments have been stopped dialogues between citizens seeking peaceful resolution
Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium

Feature
Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?
Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.
Megan Tady
The First Rule About Campus Conservatives…
Brian Cook

Culture
Rocking Lolita in Tehran
Iran's underground music scene has more followers than ever, largely because Iranian musicians are performing on a new stage: the Internet
Colin Meyn
Viewpoint
Beware the Credit-Industrial Complex
Barely regulated banks are getting away with one usurious practice after the next: not only the subprime fiasco, but the extortionate service fees on your bank accounts and the escalating interest fees, late fees and truncated payment cycles on your credit cards
Susan J. Douglas
I Can Has Book Deal?
Brian Cook

Dispatch
No New Year Resolutions?
SEC proposes curbing shareholder power
Kari Lydersen
Viewpoint
The End of Impunity?
The Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to revive efforts to hold the Bush administration accountable
Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium
