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How Hillary's Done It--So Far
Thanks to her sure-footedness, her rivals' mistakes, and diminishing Democratic divisions, Hillary Clinton has built a commanding lead. But we haven't heard from Iowa yet.
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Issuu Version Of Freshman
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Left Behind?
Ossining, New York, was at the forefront of school integration. But as American law and public opinion turn against race-based programs, can the town continue to use racial targeting to close the achievement gap?
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The Supreme Court's Wrong Turn -- And How to Fix It
After posing as moderates, Justices Roberts and Alito have moved the Court radically to the right.
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Repealing the 20th Century
When most Americans think about the Supreme Court's effect, they think about such cultural hot-buttons as abortion, or due process for terrorists.
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The Revolt of the Comic Books
America's superheroes take on preemptive war, torture, warrantless spying, and George W. himself.
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Prince William's Folly
In the Virginia suburbs of Washington, one county has declared war against its undocumented immigrants. With exceedingly limited political clout, the immigrants are still finding ways to fight back.
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Abolish the Air Force
What it does on its own -- strategic bombing -- isn't suited to modern warfare. What it does well -- its tactical support missions -- could be better managed by the Army and Navy. It's time to break up the Air Force. PLUS: Farley discusses his case for abolishing the Air Force with several bloggers.
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Tomorrow, the World
Flush with cash and ancient hatreds, American evangelicals are incubating a Christian right in secular Europe.
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Who's to Blame for the Brave New Economy?
Are we all complicit in the erosion of economic stability in American life? Or are corporate and financial elites the culprits? Our resident Roberts -- each of whom has authored a new book on the political economy -- argue the responsibility question.
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The Sisyphus from Searchlight
The question of Harry Reid's effectiveness has been a parlor game in Washington since he took over as minority leader. But has Reid been judged too harshly for Democrats' failure to end the war?
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In Iraq Forever
Despite the Bush administration's party line, construction of permanent U.S. bases along with long-term plans for troop presence continue apace.
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Bush's Neo-Imperialist War
Our Iraqi occupation not only rejects American foreign policy since Wilson, it's a throwback to the great power imperialism that led to World War I.
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The Hillarycare Mythology
Did Hillary doom health reform in 1993? Here's the real story, from the Prospect co-editor who was a White House senior health policy advisor at the time.
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God's Precinct Walkers
When students at conservative Christian Patrick Henry College
entered the real world of Republican campaigns in a swing state, they found that God's plan did not always include victory. -
Schools as Scapegoats
Our increasing inequality and our competitiveness problems are huge -- but they can't be laid at the door of our education system.
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Immigration Issues: City on a Hill
Issuing ID cards to immigrants and citizens alike, liberal New Haven charts a course for cities that want to treat immigrants like people.
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The Fence to Nowhere
More than ever, we need to craft an accord on migrant workers.
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Medifraud Amok
Heard about the company that resold the drugs that came back in the mail? That's apparently just a normal day in the life of our under-regulated drug industry.
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Immigration Issues: After Failure
With immigration reform dead, Democrats court Hispanics and Republicans go (more) nativist.
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Leo the Linchpin
Steelworker President Leo Gerard looks like an old-time union leader, but he's put together a labor-environmentalist alliance that bridges some growing Democratic fissures.
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The Bubble Economy
The sub-prime mess, the huge risks taken by hedge funds, and the conflicts of interest that led to Enron are all the consequences of serial bouts of financial deregulation. Will we reverse field in time to prevent another 1929?
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The Trouble with Impeachment
Bush and Cheney merit impeachment and conviction -- that doesn't make it a good idea.
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Share the Credit
Why extending income tax credits to payroll tax payers should be the next big idea in American politics -- politically unassailable, progressive economics on a grand scale.
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First Gonzales, then Bush
Impeachment should be a serious option -- with an intermediary step.
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The Myth of the Balanced Court
In 1980, John Paul Stevens stood at the center of the Supreme Court. Today, he is its most left-wing member -- and he hasn't changed.
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Young, Black, and Post-Civil Rights
There's a new generation of African American political leaders, and they aren't confining their careers to black districts -- they're calling for race-blind, not race-based, policies.
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This Year's Charade
Mitt Romney may be campaigning as the compassionate conservative, but, as George W. Bush has shown, winning the right wing's backing guarantees a right-wing president.
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Back to the Future
From our July/August print issue: The end of a fleeting Republican revival, and the re-emergence of the emerging Democratic majority.
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Shuttering the Sites
Like its Chinese counterpart, the new military government of Thailand promotes more investment -- and radically less free speech.
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A Globalism for our Time
Sixty years ago, George Marshall unveiled his plan for rebuilding Europe and redefining America's role in the world. It was on-target then, and his vision for America's role is even more on-target today.
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Downtown, Not Just for Yuppies
In Denver, thanks to low-income and environmental justice activists, a new mega-project will include affordable housing and good jobs.
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Inner-City Futurism
A new kind of high school in Chicago's inner city will train its students for high-tech, high-pay manufacturing.
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Democrats Are Back -- But...
There's a catch: The Republicans have so discredited government that Democrats will encounter trouble backing the programs that they, and a conflicted public, know the nation needs.
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Two Paths for the Planet
Will we rewire the world with clean energy -- or descend into political chaos, social disruption, and climate hell? And will Washington get with the program?
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What Hedge Funds Risk
Increasingly, everyone's money -- that's what. Nobody rides herd on these unregulated investment funds, which now manage a tidy $1.5 trillion.
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Conservatism Itself
Bush didn't fail because he betrayed conservatism. He failed because his administration was the most conservative of modern times.
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My Marty Peretz Problem -- And Ours
Thirty-three years after he bought The New Republic, it is no longer as influential, or liberal, or even weekly.
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