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Join the 14 Percent Club! We Won! Join the 14 Percent Club! We Won!

Reading the New York Times reform proposals is like reading a strategy memo from the dying embers of the Dukakis campaign.

May 12, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Losing Gamble A Losing Gamble

Minnesota's GOP looks to cut taxes and build more casinos instead.

May 12, 2005 / David Rubenstein

Just Say Não Just Say Não

Brazil defies Bush's AIDS policy.

May 12, 2005 / Esther Kaplan

A Note on the Cover Story A Note on the Cover Story

An article likely to stir controversies of various kinds.

May 12, 2005 / The Editors

Virginity or Death! Virginity or Death!

Is the threat of cervical cancer at age 60 really keeping teenage girls virgins?

May 12, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Dr. Hager’s Family Values Dr. Hager’s Family Values

Should Dr. David Hager be advising President Bush on women's health?

May 12, 2005 / Feature / Ayelish McGarvey

Nationalism’s Psychotic Side Nationalism’s Psychotic Side

Even decent people can be swept along by barbarism when a nation gets sick.

May 10, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

Good, Gray NPR Good, Gray NPR

Once a quirky upstart, NPR is now soberly (sometimes dully) mainstream.

May 5, 2005 / Feature / Scott Sherman

Anyone Listening? Anyone Listening?

Clear Channel failed its listeners in Minot, North Dakota.

May 5, 2005 / Feature / Eric Magnuson

Congress Tunes In Congress Tunes In

Chastened by voter response to their earlier errors, many legislators push reform.

May 5, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols, Robert W. McChesney, and Ben Scott

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