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Features

A Bad Senior Moment
Theda Skocpol
The GOP won this Medicare fight. Now, Dems must keep seniors (and themselves) united.

Abort Mission
Sarah Wildman
Ronald Reagan's miniseries may have bombed, but his global gag rule, vastly expanded by the Bush administration, is still spreading misery.

And They're Off!
Garance Franke-Ruta and Heidi Pauken
Dean may be on a roll, but he's still 2,159 delegates away from being the nominee. Here, our comprehensive, all-knowing, semi-speculative skinny on who's strong where.

For a Smarter Public, Deliberation Day
Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin

Is It Time to Believe?
Michael Tomasky
Bill Clinton rebuilt the Democratic Party in crucial ways. But Howard Dean is rebuilding it in a way Clinton missed. Party insiders would do well to make their peace with it.

Phoenix Rising
Robert Dreyfuss
Tucked away in the recent Iraqi appropriation was $3 billlion for a new paramilitary unit. Close students of Vietnam may see similarities.

Super Hype
Matthew Yglesias
Not all delegates are created equal, but party insiders can't block Dean. Unless …

The Last Word
Robert B. Reich
The Democrats' Micro Economics

The New Politics of Medicare
Paul Starr

The O'Connor Project
Lisbeth B. Schorr
Can we end racial discrimination without affirmative action? Here's what it will take.

The Taxonomist
Robert S. McIntyre
No Common Sense in the Commonwealth

The Terror Trap
Gershom Gorenberg
Hard-line campaigns against Islamic terrorism—here or in Israel—


Special Report

Banking on Decent Jobs
William Serrin
Bankers have choices in how they use new technology to transform work. So far, ordinary workers are both winners and losers. Why not more winners?

Higher Skills, Fewer Jobs
Merrill Goozner
With advanced technology and skilled workers, America can keep a strong manufacturing sector, but rising productivity equals a smarter -- and smaller -- work force.

High-Wage America
Robert Kuttner
How we can reclaim a middle-class society

Las Vegas as a Workers' Paradise
Harold Meyerson
From the archives: Why the current battle over holding Nevada caucuses in casinos? It comes down to the power of the hotel worker's union which transformed dead-end jobs into middle-class careers.

Pathways to Good Jobs
Joan Fitzgerald
Can career ladders solve the low-wage problem?

Press One for Better Service
Matthew Yglesias
Squeezed by corporate managers, call centers have been exasperating consumers and workers alike. New research shows that better jobs produce happier customers.

The Low-Wage Puzzle
Christopher Jencks
Why is America generating so many bad jobs—and how can we create more good jobs?

Wal-Mart Nation
Harold Meyerson

When the High Road Isn't Enough
Ayelish McGarvey
North Carolina's hosiery industry has it all: technology, training and employer-worker partnerships. But because of lax -- and often unenforced -- trade laws, it still may lose out to cheap foreign labor.