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Features

A Perfect Storm?
Michael Tomasky
Katrina could lead to a political transformation, but we'll have to fight for the right kind of transformation. Great -- this is just the fight we want.

State of the State
Jo-Ann Mort
The Israeli left pushed Gaza withdrawal for years. Now, it's happened -- and the left is in a shambles. But there may be a way out.

The Defectors
Robert Kuttner and Asheesh Kapur Siddique
Some House Democrats have to vote with Bush from time to time. But what about the ones who don't have to but do it anyway?

The Neocon Who Isn't
Robert S. Boynton
Francis Fukuyama has all the "right" credentials. So when he opposed the Iraq War and voted for John Kerry, eyebrows were raised. They're still rising.

They're Ba-ack
Joe Conason
Actually, they never went away. The Social Security privatizers, quiet over the summer, are merely gearing up for the next battle in a long war.


Special Report

A Breath Of Fresh Air
Geoffrey Lomax, Paul English and Eric Roberts
How environmentalists, health experts, and poverty advocates are forging new coalitions to tackle an urban asthma epidemic.

A New Environmentalism
Carl Pope
Could a new green ethic provide common cause in our deeply divided nation?

An Emergent Progressive Majority
Gloria Totten
Americans are tired of voting against someone. It's time to recruit leaders who'll speak clearly to people's real needs and problems.

Changing The Climate
Bill McKibben
Why a new approach to global warming would make for a better politics -- and planet.

Death Warmed Over
Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
Beyond environmentalism: imagining possibilities as large as the crisis that confronts us.

Global Denial
Ross Gelbspan
Katrina is a portent. But will it cause Americans to embrace fundamental change in how we consume energy and understand politics?

Laboratories Of Progress
Jim Marzilli
It's time to look past the blockage in Washington and fight for good energy policy at home.

New Century, New Challenges
Jan Schakowsky
When it comes to the environment, we should think and act differently -- but not at the expense of what we've already achieved.

Shooting The Moon
Amanda Griscom Little
The Apollo Alliance's grand vision for energy independence is a distant legislative goal, but it can help transform politics right now.

The Afterlife Of Environmentalism
John M. Meyer
Can we tie big global concerns to the everyday lives of Americans?

The End Of The Population Movement
Adam Werbach
The challenge isn't population control. It's sustainable development, built upon the emancipation of women and economic opportunity.

We're All Environmentalists Now
Mark Schmitt
It isn't environmentalism that died. What expired was progressive politics based on single-issue interest groups.