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June 16, 2008 Issue

Patricia J. Williams on Scott McClellan, Garrett Epps on censorship, Stuart Klawans on Indiana Jones…

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Editorial

People of Conscience, Challenge the President!

After eight years of misgovernment, Americans must join together to restore our democracy, the rule of law, and our nation's moral standing on history's high road.

Ross C. Anderson

The ‘FCC-Word’

Censorship is a really dirty word.

Garrett Epps

Noted.

Farmworkers prevail in a long confrontation with Burger King, Dave Zirin interviews Mary Tillman, This Brave Nation debuts June 1 on The Nation.com.

The Editors

Obama’s Choice

Obama's strangest option for a running mate is also his strongest: Jim Webb, one of the left's strongest voices on Iraq and economic fairness.

Bob Moser

A Progressive Push

It's time for candidates to focus on issues missing from the debate so far: the bloated military budget, an exit from Bush's "war on terror," our failing infrastructure and the dee...

The Editors

Column

Will the Real John McCain Please Stand Up?

He is the most confounding of candidates, whose inconsistencies speak more of crass opportunism than a real maverick's impulses.

Robert Scheer

Bernanke’s Big Bet

The Fed Chief believes if he pumps enough money into the economy, he can stop the slide of house prices and thus stave off financial disaster. How's he doing? So far, not so good.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Take a look at the qualities right-wing pundits so admire about dove-turned-hawk, Dem-turned-Republican Joe Lieberman.

Eric Alterman

Character Assassinations

Why does the fraudulence of the Republican machine remain so widely known and so persistently ignored?

Patricia J. Williams

McCain and Lobbyists

Calvin Trillin

Oh Obama

With apologies to Stephen Foster...

Robert Grossman

Letters

Feminists: The Hillary Divide

Oconomowoc, Wis.

Our Readers

Feature

Is Ron Paul’s Revolution Just Beginning?

Ron Paul has inspired candidates and activists who are on a quest to remake the GOP. Can they succeed where their hero didn't?

Susannah Vila

Congress: Stop Funding Torture

In an open letter to Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lawyers, clergy and human rights activists voice alarm at mounting evidence of torture and human rights viol...

The Nation

The Big Tease

This Week: Everybody wants something, while Congresswoman Kang learns just what it takes to play in the adult sandbox .

Gary Phillips

Progressive Internet Entrepreneurs

As corporate giants and venture capitalists race to monetize cyberspace, progressives need to step up and become players in the global media game. Here's how they can do it.

Jeffrey Chester