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December 2007The Solvency Crisis The Fed is lowering interest rates and exchanging ordinary bank collateral for cash. But it will take more than that to see America through this perfect economic storm. December 26, 2007 | | web only Hard-Liners for Jesus It's Christmas, a holiday that couldn't be better calibrated to expose the Republicans' rank, fetid hypocrisy. How is the party of "moral values" also the party of torture and xenophobia? December 24, 2007 | | web only The State of the Field-Ops War Two weeks out from Iowa--who has people on the ground, and the strategy to organize them? December 21, 2007 | | web only The "Theory of Change" Primary This is a contest about a difference in the candidates' implicit assumptions about the current circumstance and how the levers of power can be used to get the country back on track. December 21, 2007 | | web only An Outside-In Strategy for Health-Care Reform The political compromise behind California's impressive health-care legislation may hold the key to creating a coalition for national reform. December 21, 2007 | | web only Campaigns Preparing for Nasty, Not Nice After a primary season full of mudslinging, will Democratic voters still be able to unite around a nominee? December 21, 2007 | | web only The Coming Fight for Northern Iraq With just days left before the deadline for the Article 140 referendum on who will control northern Iraq, both Kurds and Sunnis are pledging violence over the outcome. December 20, 2007 | | web only Underwriting the Conflict in Hebron When it comes to U.S. fundraising for Israeli settlements, donating to the Hebron Fund is not merely an expression of support for Israel, it's a perpetuation of the systematic oppression of Palestinians. December 20, 2007 | | web only Drowning in Mortgage Debt: The Way Out? It's better to bail out families who didn't know the risks they were taking on, than lenders who had every reason to know. December 20, 2007 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 14): Huck-a-Muck Edition Waiting for end times, banning gay marriage, and Huckabee's Christmas surprise: A foreign policy! December 19, 2007 | | web only Who Will Get the VP Nod? Bored with the primary horse race? Here's a rundown of whom the Democratic and Republican candidates should consider for their wingmen. December 19, 2007 | | web only No Talking to the Enemy Citizens and legislators have tried to build pressure valves for U.S.-Iranian hostility. But both governments have gagged conversationalists with diplomatic red tape. December 19, 2007 | | web only The Real Race Card The Clinton campaign's discussion of Barack Obama's admitted drug use is having an effect, all right. An effect on the black community's acceptance of Hillary Clinton. December 18, 2007 | | web only The Conservative Origins of the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Everything you ever wanted to know about the mortgage meltdown but were afraid to ask. December 18, 2007 | | web only Putting the Humanity in Philanthropy What's the best way to decide how -- and how much -- to give to charity? December 17, 2007 | | web only The Polarizing Express Is it Hillary Clinton who's too divisive, or is it the political process? December 17, 2007 | | web only The Counterpunch Campaign Over the past month, the "politics of hope" have stopped working against Obama and started working for him because he's figured out how to fight back. December 14, 2007 | | web only The End of Impunity? The Senate Judiciary Committee is trying to revive a once-lively effort to hold the White House accountable for obstructing congressional oversight. Also: the explosive failure of a telecom immunity compromise. December 14, 2007 | | web only Democrats and the Politics of Failure Even if congressional Democrats have been legitimately stymied by Republicans on their legislative agenda, they are still going to have to answer to voters. December 14, 2007 | | web only A Return to Diversity in the Balkans? The failure of multi-party talks over Kosovo's independence has many bracing for further conflict in southeastern Europe. But the region is finding ways to negotiate conflict without violence. December 13, 2007 | | web only The Plutocrats v. The Theocrats As the primaries (finally) approach, it is increasingly apparent that the real GOP battle is between the business wing and the social conservative wing of the party. Is the real showdown going to be over the future of the GOP? December 13, 2007 | | web only Labor Goes Global The new Council of Global Unions seeks to do what the labor movement hasn't yet accomplished: grant workers access to the new global prosperity. December 13, 2007 | | web only Running Against Genocide in Darfur In the run-up to the Olympics in Beijing, activists have joined together in a series of relay races to push China -- which has a lot of influence in Sudan -- to take action on Darfur. December 12, 2007 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 13) This week in the religious right: Christians parse Romney's speech, Huckabee's okay with sinners but not with gay people, and televangelists respond to Grassley's probe. December 12, 2007 | | web only Who Strangled the FDA? Charting the phases of the FDA's decline lays bare the responsibility borne by movement conservatism. December 12, 2007 | | web only Back Field in Motion: John Edwards Makes a Move He's neither the solid establishment candidate nor the exciting upstart, but as the primary season drags on, Edwards is increasingly comfortable with himself -- and with voters. December 10, 2007 | | web only Caught on Tape Revelations that the CIA destroyed tapes of interrogations are further evidence of the degree to which this administration has fostered a culture of self-justifying raw power. It's time for us to call for leadership that promotes professionalism. December 10, 2007 | | web only The Obama Newness In politics, being the fresh face on the block isn't always the key to victory. Can Obama's promise to free us from identity politics overcome his outsider status? December 10, 2007 | | web only The Illusion of Escape In her new documentary Protagonist, Jessica Yu explores the inner lives of four men whose righteous quests led to fanaticism. December 7, 2007 | | web only Time for Meaningful Justice at Guantanamo For six years the Bush administration has denied Gitmo detainees the right to habeas corpus. It is time for the Court to resolve once and for all that they deserve their day in court. December 7, 2007 | | web only Where Politics and Buddhism Intersect TAP talks to Ethan Nichtern, author of the new Buddhist political treatise One City, about faith, youth, 9-11, consumption, and powerlessness. December 7, 2007 | | web only My Shiny New eBrain How the Amazon Kindle, and the digital book revolution it heralds, will give us the minds we've always dreamed of. December 6, 2007 | | web only One Student, No Vote Activists across the country are organizing to ensure students get a fair shake at the polls. December 6, 2007 | | web only It's the Economy, Stupid -- But Not Just the Current Slowdown Most Americans are still not prospering in the global economy -- addressing this means thinking bigger than tax cuts or spending increases. December 5, 2007 | | web only Woe is the American Worker Workers are paying the price for our productivity-focused, growth-at- any-cost business world. Why aren't the candidates talking about it? December 5, 2007 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 12) Barnstorming Iowa for Huckabee, Romney's JFK Speech, scare tactics on the Fairness Doctrine and school anti-bullying legislation, and an explanation of the $23,000 commode. December 5, 2007 | | web only 2008: The Year of the Single Woman Voter? The Democrats' quest for unmarried women voters could yield a new election narrative that offers a better look at the state of the republic than we've seen in the recent past. December 4, 2007 | | web only Ehud the Semi-Believer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trapped by his unwillingness to acknowledge that Israel must leave the occupied territories completely. December 4, 2007 | | web only Trading Arms for Farms A new movement is finding work for returning Iraq veterans on small-scale farms across the country. The results have been positive for vets -- and for struggling rural communities. December 4, 2007 | | web only Why the Telecoms Shouldn't Get Immunity Corporate executives have a duty to disobey government orders when they have reason to believe those orders are illegal or unconstitutional. December 3, 2007 | | web only All the News That's Fit to Depress Staying informed has become -- for so many of us -- a moral obligation that feels like hell. December 3, 2007 | | web only Why the GOP Won't Get Behind Huckabee Why hasn't this charmer with a perfect record on the right's core social litmus tests not already wrapped up the Republican nomination? Look no further than the uber-conservatives who are spitting mad that he's too nice to poor people and foreigners. December 3, 2007 | | web only |
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