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The Culture War Descends on Columbia The Culture War Descends on Columbia

David Horowitz's Islamofascism Awareness Week hits the already beleaguered campus.

Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Esther Kaplan

Guest Workers in a Strange Land Guest Workers in a Strange Land

Would a vastly expanded guest worker program benefit illegal immigrants? Just ask a guest worker.

Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Deepa Fernandes

Myanmar: Monks and the Military Myanmar: Monks and the Military

If the Buddhist sangha and the military are the two dominant forces in the suffering society of Burma, could monks and dissident soldiers join forces to rise up against an oppressi...

Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Charles London

Hawking War Guilt Hawking War Guilt

All the warmongering that's fit to print.

Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Jim Sleeper

Shanker Blows Up the World Shanker Blows Up the World

The life and legacy of a fiery New York teachers' advocate gets caught in the crossfire of a changing liberal landscape.

Oct 25, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

The Kids Aren’t Alright The Kids Aren’t Alright

President Bush's neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

The New Right-Wing Smear Machine The New Right-Wing Smear Machine

A web-savvy form of conservative propaganda, written anonymously and forwarded via e-mail, is altering the political landscape.

Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Thieves of Black History Thieves of Black History

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.

Oct 25, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

The Liberal Hawks’ Lament The Liberal Hawks’ Lament

Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.

Oct 25, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

The New McCarthyism The New McCarthyism

A network of right-wing activists on college and high school campuses are targeting Muslims, Arabs and other Mideast experts, indifferent to the truth or decency of their charges.

Oct 25, 2007 / Larry Cohler-Esses

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