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After Obama’s Broken Promises, Will Green Voters Sit Out 2012? After Obama’s Broken Promises, Will Green Voters Sit Out 2012?
Obama doesn’t have much time left to convince environmental activists that he’s worth their sweat and sacrifices in the next election.
Sep 14, 2011 / The Editors
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Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement? Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement?
The PA’s bid could mark a definitive break from the failed Oslo paradigm, which has brought Palestinians neither peace nor a state.
Sep 14, 2011 / Graham Usher
Noted. Noted.
Kevin Gosztola on Cablegate’s newest revelations, Liliana Segura on Rick Perry’s executions and Richard Kim on Ahmadinejad’s plans to release the jailed American hikers
Sep 14, 2011 / Various Contributors
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The Problem of Media Stupidity The Problem of Media Stupidity
Why do the media believe that they must behave like idiots in order to be “fair” to the Republicans and their idiotic ideas?
Sep 14, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
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The Meaning of Riots The Meaning of Riots
Whatever the spark, social unrest is the predictable result of conditions like poverty, discrimination and police brutality.
Sep 14, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge
Democratic Freedom Dreams After September 11 Democratic Freedom Dreams After September 11
A decade later, is there any possibility of turning the tragedy of 9/11 into a political force for progressive ends?
Sep 14, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Untangling the HPV Vaccine Debate Untangling the HPV Vaccine Debate
Rick Perry got something right, Michele Bachmann is all wrong, but we all need to think harder about whether the HPV vaccine should be mandatory.
Sep 14, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s Time to Remake Government by the People and for the People
The Republicans' partisan obstructionism must be rejected and combated from below if we are going to revive the economy.
Sep 14, 2011 / The Ed Show
Presidential Adventures in Herding Cats Presidential Adventures in Herding Cats
Obama gave a great speech on jobs, but it’s not enough to ensure Democratic party unity.
Sep 14, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
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Supreme Court Blocks Race-Based Execution of Duane Buck Supreme Court Blocks Race-Based Execution of Duane Buck
Texas jurors were told that convicted murderer Duane Buck posed “future dangerousness” because he is black. He was scheduled to die on September 15 but received a last-...
Sep 14, 2011 / Renée Feltz