The Nation
A Method to Their Madness
Gary Younge It takes considerable skill to convince people that something that is clearly good for them--like universal healthcare--is not.
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Afghanistan and the Wages of Empire
John Nichols It is not just Hamid Karzai's dissembling of democracy, it is the whole machinery of the occupation that makes this puppet president so unsettling.
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Tackling Titans
The Editors If Obama leads, the people will rally to his side. A good way to remind voters of the bold change they voted for last fall: ordering a hard cap on executive pay.
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The President's Progressive Spine
Katrina vanden Heuvel Obama's speech on healthcare reform was an eloquent call for a progressive government. We should build on it.
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Mysterious Electrocutions in Iraq
Jeremy Scahill The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in Iraq bears a striking resemblance to an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."
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Will We See Real Reform?
John Nichols President Obama sounded many strong notes in his prime-time speech to Congress on healthcare but he also remained unsettlingly vague. Will the "great unfinished business of our society" ever be finished?
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