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Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up

In Copenhagen, activists won't just say no--they will aggressively advance solutions that reduce emissions and narrow inequity.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein

Whose Team Is It, Anyway? Whose Team Is It, Anyway?

Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Year of Obama A Year of Obama

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Senator Joe Lieberman and the Public Option Senator Joe Lieberman and the Public Option

He'll work to make a filibuster stick.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount

"Blessed are the peacemakers" certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination LA Clippers Owner Pays Out for Race-Based Housing Discrimination

Donald Sterling was just obligated to pay out the largest settlement ever obtained by the government in a housing discrimination case involving apartment rentals.

Nov 10, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Europe’s Left: Not Dead Yet Europe’s Left: Not Dead Yet

Europeans haven't stopped looking for alternatives to capitalism.

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge

Sarah, Smile Sarah, Smile

The next generation of right-wing journalists are largely apparatchiks.

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

‘G.O.P. Candidate, Pushed By Right, Ends Upstate Bid’ ‘G.O.P. Candidate, Pushed By Right, Ends Upstate Bid’

Dede Scozzafava, high achiever, was not a zealous true believer.

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy

The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 US troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in ha...

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

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