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January 1, 2007 Issue

The Editors urge the new Congress to make union organizing easier, Lisa Delpit and Charles Payne critique post-Katrina education in New Orle…

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Editorial

The Waiting Game

Expect a flurry of hearings on Iraq when the new Democrat-controlled Congress convenes. But no real action from lawmakers or the President is likely to be taken.

David Corn

Kucinich Tries Again

Yep, the Congressman from Cleveland's running for President again--but first, he wants to fix the Democratic Party.

John Nichols

Morality of the Minimum

Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Sam Graham-Felsen

Pinochet’s Legacy

The death of Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet should not blunt the work of healing the damage he has done and shining light on the truth.

Marc Cooper

Recognizing Labor

Unions are pushing hard for the new Congress to ease the process of organizing labor by passing the Employee Free Choice Act.

The Editors

Column

Addicted to War

Obsessed GOP hawks--and some Democrats--want to end the Iraq war by escalating it, and Bush proposes expanding the military: America is hooked on the habit of military might.

Robert Scheer

Brawl in the Garden

Carmelo Anthony pays the price for the melee between the Nuggets and the Knicks, but it's NBA commissioner David Stern who should be benched.

Dave Zirin

Ho-Ho-Holiday Donations–2006

Give a gift that will make the world better.

Katha Pollitt

War: Voters Said No, Congress Said Yes

In Congress and the popular press, fantasy rules when the subject is Iraq.

Alexander Cockburn

Four Options That the Baker-Hamilton Report Offers to Those Prosecuting the War in Iraq

Calvin Trillin

Letters

WHISTLING DIXIE

Minneapolis

Richard Goldstein and Our Readers and Bob Moser

Feature

2006: A Year of Living Dangerously

2006 will be remembered as a year in which the American people and the world rose up to challenge the criminal actions and deceit of the Bush Administration.

Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

ISG: Defeat With Honor

Pundits on the left just don't get it when they call the Iraq Study Group report "Stay the Course Lite." It's an admission of the Bush Administration's total failure.

Christian Parenti

What Makes Kucinich Run?

The Congressman from Cleveland explains an urgent need for human unity, human security and peace motivated him to run for President.

Joshua Scheer

About Face: Soldiers Call for Iraq Withdrawal

For the first time since Vietnam, active-duty military personnel have organized to oppose a war that they are fighting.

Marc Cooper

The Rise of Avigdor Lieberman

Many Israelis and their American allies are sleeping through the rise of the virulently anti-Arab Avigdor Lieberman.

Ben Lynfield

Chávez’s Citizen Diplomacy

Venezuela's controversial program to provide heating oil to impoverished American communities exposes the inability of the richest nation on earth to meet the needs of its poor.

Liza Featherstone