Opinion
An Injury to Eid is an Injury to All
Stuart Appelbaum
Those Other Elections
David Sirota
Offline Youth Struggle in Online World
Megan Tady
How Will the Media Cover Obama?
Susan J. Douglas
Proud of Obama … For Now
Salim Muwakkil

Are Long Lines the ‘New Poll Tax’?
Michael Peshkin
Tuning Out the Braindead Megaphone
David Sirota
We Have Much to Celebrate
Joel Bleifuss
Paving the Road to Hell
Terry J. Allen
Knowing When To Walk Away
David Sirota
Why Cynics Are Wrong
The sublime shock of Obama's victory
Slavoj Žižek
Obama and the Union Vote
Polls suggest mandate for reform surpasses support for Obama
David Moberg
Ghosts of Clinton’s Past
Obama seems poised to make two wrong turns
James Schamus

Cesar Chavez and the Roots of Obama’s Field Campaign
Randy Shaw
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Alice Walker
Old Dreams, Present Opportunities
Ken Brociner
Millions of Americans Still Crawling With Dial-Up
Megan Tady
Thanks for the Memories, Wingnuts
Ray Abernathy
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