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December 22, 2008 Issue

Alexander Cockburn on moral responsibility, Calvin Trillin on Bush, Stuart Klawans on Milk, Australia and Wendy and Lucy…

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Editorial

Building for the Future

An activist calls for engaging youth in political life beyond the election.

Supriya Pillai

Listening to Odetta

Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.

Bruce Shapiro

Trading Partners

Xavier Becerra, Obama's pick for US trade representative, could bring the change working people here and abroad can believe in.

John Nichols

India’s Muslims

The deep grievances of marginalized Indian Muslims are a source of major societal rifts, exacerbated by the anti-Muslim propaganda of Hindu fundamentalists.

Barbara Crossette

Ending the Mindset

Dissenting views on Iraq and Afghanistan will have to come not from the hawkish national security team, but from outside Washington, and from Obama himself.

The Editors

Noted.

Wal-Mart's toxic workplace; higher ed takes a hit; the right-wing blame game.

The Editors

After Mumbai

There is no military solution to the crisis in South Asia. It falls to Barack Obama to create a new path out of the deepening Afghan-Pakistan crisis.

The Editors

Column

Socialism for the Rich

Two presidents named Bush--aided by Bill Clinton--brought corporate socialism to America. Getting out of the mess they make requires much more than bailouts.

Robert Scheer