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Obama Yes

By Edwidge Danticat , May 2008 Issue
He stirs us out of apathy and can bring ground-breaking change.

Obama No

By Adolph Reed Jr., May 2008 Issue
He's a vacuous opportunist.
Watch Adolph Reed debate Melissa Harris-Lacewell on Democracy Now!

Jimmy Carter Interview

By Amitabh Pal, May 2008 Issue

Election Madness

By Howard Zinn, March 2008 Issue

The FBI Deputizes Business

By Matthew Rothschild, March 2008 Issue

Amy Goodman Interview

By Elizabeth DiNovella, February 2008 Issue
LINKS FROM THE EDITORS
Matthew Rothschild: Hillary Brags About Appeal to "Hard-Working Americans, White Americans" http://tinyurl.com/3785sv
21 hours 54 min ago
Matthew Rothschild: U.S. Consumers Are Least Green of All http://tinyurl.com/5g89aw
21 hours 58 min ago
Matthew Rothschild: Feingold on Bush's criminal secrecy http://tinyurl.com/5cjevn
22 hours 17 min ago
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Why Obama Won’t Take Hillary

By Matthew Rothschild, May 8, 2008
Michelle would divorce him, for one thing. And for another, Clinton wouldn’t help the ticket.

Hillary's Play for Florida and Michigan

By Ruth Conniff, May 7, 2008
The theme of disenfranchisement was taken up immediately by none other than Rush Limbaugh. When Hillary and Rush are reading from the same playbook, watch out.
RADIO: WEEKLY INTERVIEW

Scott Ritter Interview

My guest today is former U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter, who discusses the Iraq War and warns of upcoming Bush attack on Iran.
MCCARTHYISM WATCH

Adjunct Professor Fired for Not Signing Loyalty Oath

The oath is “not only an infringement of my religious beliefs but my right to free speech,” says Wendy Gonaver. “I’d have to perjure myself to take the job.”
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Matthew Rothschild

Obama’s Big Win on May 6

The May 6 primaries all but sealed the deal for Barack Obama. But let's be clear: This is Bill Clinton without the libido. This is not the reincarnation of FDR. Obama is not offering a New Deal. He’s offering neo-neoliberalism.
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Amitabh Pal

Burma in the Grip of Yet Another Tragedy

Let’s hope that the cyclone sweeps away the junta in its aftermath.
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Ruth Conniff

Jeremiah Wright's Bombshell

If the Obama campaign raises hopes that America could get past its racially riven history, Wright is here to remind us what a huge feat it would be to make that dream a reality.
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FROM THE MEDIA PROJECT

McCain’s bilingual blues

By Ed Morales, May 8, 2008
Let’s hope McCain’s new website means he understands that the use of Spanish, and many other non-English languages in America, is here to stay, and the idea of declaring an official language is officially defunct.

On 10th anniversary of nuclear blasts, U.S. and India are entering into devil’s pact

By Amitabh Pal, May 4, 2008

I detest Cinco de Mayo

By Yolanda Chávez Leyva, May 4, 2008

A neglected civil-rights landmark case

By Brian Gilmore, April 30, 2008
DAILY DOSE OF DURST Democrats always get tagged with being elitist: a euphemism for someone who thinks too much. An accusation George Bush was never required to defend.
May 9, 1934 Longshoremen's strike leads to general work stoppage on West Coast
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