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July 16, 2007 Issue

Doug Henwood on private equity partnerships, Trudy Lieberman on Medicare, James Ron on Israeli architecture.

Cover art by: Cover art by Drew Friedman, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Bush Seeking New Discredited Ideas

The White House announced that the President has run out of his own bad ideas and is looking elsewhere for new ones, even if they don't make any sense.

Eric Kenning

This Land is My Land

The super-rich are taking over all the beautiful places in America. What's left for you and me?

Barbara Ehrenreich

Supremely Bad Decisions

With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.

Bruce Shapiro

Blackstone’s Bell

Is the private equity boom about to go bust?

Doug Henwood

Bloomberg’s Day

Michael Bloomberg doesn't actually have to run for President to tilt the race his way.

Micah L. Sifry

High Stakes on Health

Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Get in It to Win It

Front-loaded primaries and a volatile '08 race are creating unprecedented opportunities for progressives. They'll gain traction only if they form a smart, tech-savvy and cohesive m...

The Editors

Column

Bush’s Pakistan Paradox

He invaded Iraq, which had no connection to WMDs or terrorist threats against the US, while coddling the military junta in Pakistan, which was guilty on both counts. Go figure.

Robert Scheer

Independence Day for Libby

Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.

Robert Scheer

High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players

Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.

Dave Zirin

The Assault on Reality

What do the Washington Post --and the rest of the MSM--have against Al Gore?

Eric Alterman

Blair Steps Down at Westminster (the Parliament, Not the Dog Show)

Calvin Trillin

Letters

WE COVER ISRAEL/PALESTINE

Brookline, Mass.

Our Readers

Feature

Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could

You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.

Kevin McCarthy

Lebanon’s Bloody Summer

Rocked by violence and sectarian hatred, Lebanon faces its presidential elections in paralysis, bound to a political system that's no longer viable and stymied over what kind of co...

Mohamad Bazzi

What We Owe the Working Poor

The Supreme Court's recent decision to deny home-care workers the right to overtime pay is speeding a race to the bottom that will affect every working person.

Annette Bernhardt

OpenLeft Aims to Open Doors in DC

Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers and Mike Lux have launched a new website designed link progressive outsiders with DC insiders.

Ari Melber

Reclaiming Sports

Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.

Dave Zirin

Iraq, By the Numbers

No need to wait until September to see if the surge is working. Just look at the numbers.

Tom Engelhardt

An Even Newer Left

The US Social Forum in Atlanta drew visionaries and veterans--of war and social movements--to chart a course for progressives.

Dan Berger

Remembering Vilma Espín

A Cuban writer pays tribute to Vilma Espín, wife of Raúl Castro and Cuba's first lady, who fought tirelessly for the rights of women in a male-dominated country.

Rosa Miriam Elizalde