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Katrina Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Race does matter in the caustic caldron of the post-Katrina era--the world still perceives us as "refugees"--permanently scarred victims to be forever adrift in tragedy

Laura S. Washington

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Snoops Get A Direct Line

That Verizon readily opened its phone logs to the feds should come as no surprise: The firm is a shining example of the revolving door between government and the telecom industry.

Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium

Feature

Prison Breakdown

Overcrowding has pushed California's prison system to the brink

Sasha Abramsky, TRUTHOUT

Tolstoy On Defining The Time

Jarrett

No Cadet Left Behind

Intern

“I’ll take ‘D.) For well over 250 years,’ John.”

Intern

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The Left’s Identity Crisis

What does it mean to be a progressive in 2007? What do we stand for? What do we believe in?

Ken Brociner

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Suicide and Spin Doctors

There are many ways for the oppressor to force himself into the mind of the oppressed, but one surefire way is through indefinite detention. Never knowing when--or if--you will be released is a cruel form of psychological torture and allows you to keep hope while simultaneously filling you with fear

H. Candace Gorman

Virulent anti-gay movement on the rise globally

Sanhita SinhaRoy

The President and The Vice-President Have An Understanding

Jarrett

Enough is Enough

Intern

Feature

A Resolution Too Far?

U.S.-Turkish relations, already strained by the war in Iraq, are being tested further by the controversial congressional resolution recognizing the 1915 genocide of Armenians.

Lindsay Beyerstein

Climate Change and Peace-Keeping

Erin Polgreen

Culture

Survival of the Adapted

The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory takes the theory of evolution--"survival of the fittest," a phrase that appeared only in a later printing of Charles Darwin's classic text--and, in alternating chapters, juxtaposes the relationship between Darwin and fellow biologist Alfred Russel Wallace with Fries' curiosity about his own adaptations to a world unprepared for his body and his means of motion

Achy Obejas

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Jena and the Post-Civil Rights Fallacy

Around the country, black males face a criminal justice system that incarcerates them more than eight times the rate of whites

Salim Muwakkil

Lessig on Corruption

Brian Cook

Stop Saying Americans Don’t Torture

Jarrett

Dispatch

Harassment Unchecked at Army Hotel

Sexual abuse and rape in military culture--and a lack of action by military authorities--are long-standing problems, brought to light with the Tailhook scandal in 1991

Kari Lydersen