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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
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
The super-rich are taking over all the beautiful places in America. What's left
for you and me?
Barbara Ehrenreich
With gleeful judicial activism, the Roberts Court swings right and sides with the interests of power.
Bruce Shapiro
Is the private equity boom about to go bust?
Doug Henwood
Michael Bloomberg doesn't actually have to run for President to tilt the race his way.
Micah L. Sifry
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
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
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
Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.
Robert Scheer
Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.
Dave Zirin
What do the Washington Post --and the rest of the MSM--have against Al Gore?
Eric Alterman
Letters
WE COVER ISRAEL/PALESTINE
Brookline, Mass.
Our Readers
Feature
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
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
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
Matt Stoller, Chris Bowers and Mike Lux have launched a new website designed link progressive outsiders with DC insiders.
Ari Melber
Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.
Dave Zirin
No need to wait until September to see if the surge is working. Just look at the numbers.
Tom Engelhardt
The US Social Forum in Atlanta drew visionaries and veterans--of war and social movements--to chart a course for progressives.
Dan Berger
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
The Rupert Murdoch effect: The progressive LA Weekly has gone from a well-reported newspaper to a flashy tabloid with "gotcha" articles.
Jon Wiener
Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system?
Ramachandra Guha
Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.
Elizabeth Drew
SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
Liza Featherstone
Will an upcoming vote in Congress signal the end of Medicare?
Trudy Lieberman
Michael Moore's healtcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.
Chris Hayes
Dire predictions aside, it's not too late for a unified, nationalist Iraq to emerge from the rubble.
Bob Dreyfuss
Books & the Arts
Shimon Dotan's documentary Hot House takes a candid and compelling look at Palestinians serving life terms in Israeli prisons.
Jessica Weisberg
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
A new take on Israel/Palestine: Could Israel's architecture be the solution to the insoluble disputes?
James Ron
Five new books explore the failed progressive movements in Iran, and the dilemma the US left faces today.
Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson
Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.
Elizabeth Drew
Michael Moore's healtcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.
Chris Hayes
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