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Gorbachev at 80

Gorbachev at 80

Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday is an opportunity to reconsider a complicated legacy of reform.

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Posted March 1, 2011

We Found the Money—And It’s on Wall Street

We Found the Money—And It’s on Wall Street

Targeting politicians isn't enough. It's time to take the action to the banks and corporations who are holding the American economy hostage.

George Goehl
Posted March 1, 2011

American History Lessons

American History Lessons

Black History Month and Women's History Month are not enough—and the consequences of our collective historical ignorance are profound.

Melissa Harris-Perry
Posted February 28, 2011

Books and the Arts

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Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution (Foreign Policy, History, Books and the Arts)

Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.

David Rieff
Being in the World: On James Miller (Books and the Arts, Philosophy)

With Examined Lives, James Miller offers a serious and readable study of the relationship between philosophy and life conduct.

Richard Wolin
Amazement in Reverse: On Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco (Fine Art, Books and the Arts)

Martin Creed and Gabriel Orozco reduce the artistic gesture to the smallest effective intervention into reality.

Barry Schwabsky
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News and Analysis

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The Peace Corps at 50: Remnant of an Outdated Era? (Foreign Policy)

A former volunteer offers a more timely—and radical—alternative.

Karen Rothmyer
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The Peace Corps at 50: An Enduring Legacy of Cultural Exchange (Foreign Policy)

A former legal counsel for the corps argues for its continuing usefulness.

Frank Sheed
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Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution Passes Democratic National Committee Without Dissent (US Politics, US Wars and Military Action)

The DNC is trying to speed up the President's clock on pulling out of Afghanistan.

Tom Hayden
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Why the Right Attacked Unions, ACORN and Planned Parenthood (Movements, Reproductive Rights, Unions)

Progressive service organizations connect real world needs to Beltway advocacy and lobbying. Conservatives fear and loathe that.

Ilyse Hogue
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The Betrayal of Public Workers (Labor Organizing and Activism, Economic Policy, Ethical Economics)

It’s not only bad politics for states to use budget crises to bust unions—it’s also bad ­economics.

Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson
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Which Middle Eastern or North African dictator will be the next to be toppled?
Bouteflika (Algeria)
4%
Saleh (Yemen)
8%
Gaddafi (Libya)
77%
Al-Khalifa (Bahrain)
6%
King Mohammed VI (Morocco)
2%
Al-Sabah (Kuwait)
1%
King Abdullah II (Jordan)
3%
Total votes: 1304
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ALEXANDER COCKBURN

CALVIN TRILLIN

GARY YOUNGE

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