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April 2009The FundamentaList (No. 78) This week in religion and politics: Religious drama surrounds Kathleen Sebelius' Cabinet confirmation, and the "religious left" seems to lean toward the right. April 29, 2009 | | web only The Myth of 100 Days To a transformational president, each day is a blessed opportunity, none more or less important than another. April 29, 2009 | | web only Listening to Ahmadinejad The Iranian president wraps his Holocaust denial in legitimate criticisms of Israeli policy. That makes dealing with him much more difficult -- and requires a change in Israel's attitude. April 28, 2009 | | web only Obama's Domestic Policy at 100 At the home office, Obama's hundred days have been a whirlwind of activity, but the big fights come next. April 28, 2009 | | web only Obama's Foreign Policy at 100 Obama has reprioritized U.S. interests and the strategies used to achieve them. April 28, 2009 | | web only Trickle-Down Politics The influence held by partisan elites is a disperse -- but far-reaching -- kind of power. April 28, 2009 | | web only Seeking Justice in a System that Doesn't Guarantee It How do we hold police and local governments accountable for the backlog of untested rape kits? April 27, 2009 | | web only Lessons from the GOP in Retrograde The modern-day Republican Party is not so much a political party as it is a cautionary tale. April 24, 2009 | | web only Moving Beyond Black and White on the Armenian Genocide What are outside resolutions doing to further the conversation in Turkey on the Armenian genocide? April 24, 2009 | | web only Refusing a Single Narrative There are multiple accounts of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Making peace is not a matter of choosing one side's story over the other's. April 23, 2009 | | web only The Unlikely Revolutionary Economist Simon Johnson isn't a populist. He just thinks bankers run the country. April 22, 2009 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 77) This week in religion and politics: Church leaders speak out against torture, and why the "religious conscience" of gays and lesbians apparently doesn't matter. April 22, 2009 | | web only It's the End of the World As They Know It The American right appears to be going insane. And over what? April 21, 2009 | | web only Is the Threat of Homegrown Extremism Real? Government needs to watch fringe political groups more closely -- but can it do so without abusing its surveillance power? April 21, 2009 | | web only What's the Problem with Gary Gensler? The political jockeying over his nomination to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has obscured the key question: What is the best way to regulate the sprawling derivatives market? April 21, 2009 | | web only The Argument Over Inequality By allowing income inequality to dramatically increase, the myth of individual exceptionalism undermines society on the whole. April 20, 2009 | | web only Accounts of Torture, Abstract and Experienced TAP compares the "enhanced interrogation" memos to Red Cross accounts of what happened. April 17, 2009 | | web only Women and Children First Two new books chronicle the damage done -- at home and abroad -- by the rise of religious fundamentalism in America. April 17, 2009 | | web only The First Cut Is the Deepest We should be paying attention to the very real cuts Secretary Gates has proposed to outdated, oversized Cold War-era projects. April 16, 2009 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 76) The anti-gay-marriage argument unravels and Glenn Beck says it's the end of the world as we know it. April 15, 2009 | | web only Report Card on Civil Liberties Obama pledged to reject the Bush administration's fast-and-loose adherence to constitutional rights. How is he doing? April 15, 2009 | | web only The Questioning Spirit Hebrew schools have long discouraged American Jewish children from thinking critically about Israel. This Passover season, it is time for a change. April 14, 2009 | | web only We've Already Won the Battle Over Gay Marriage Public support for marriage equality is on the rise, and it is conservatives who are ceding ground. April 14, 2009 | | web only The Combat Within: Female Veterans and PTSD Benefits Given the rate of sexual assault of female soldiers, it's time to start acknowledging that not only combat veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress. April 13, 2009 | | web only Republicans Tripping Conservative critics used Obama's recent diplomatic trip to demonize the president. Unfortunately for them, their histrionics don't seem to be working. April 10, 2009 | | web only Portrait of Misogyny A recently released documentary on Cindy Sherman illustrates the misogyny still pervasive in the art world today. April 10, 2009 | | web only Outside Activism, Reconsidered Have outsiders helped or hindered the Gulf Coast's recovery? Six activists discuss the influx of post-Katrina volunteers and their role in the rebuilding process. April 10, 2009 | | web only Which Union Do I Belong To Now? The nation's largest unions are involved in a complicated negotiation over a possible super federation. Meanwhile, clashes over organizing strategy and resources continue. April 9, 2009 | | web only Netanyahu Returns Benjamin Netanyahu is in power once again, but is he in control? After just a week back in office, Israel's prime minister is already revealing his weaknesses. April 9, 2009 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 75) The culture wars aren't coming to a close, "common ground" isn't common at all, and "abortion reduction" is still misleading rhetoric. April 8, 2009 | | web only Is Foreign Aid a Bad Thing? Dead Aid author Dambisa Moyo is right to be critical of the current state of foreign aid. But she's dead wrong in calling for it to be cut off within five years, which would be catastrophic for Africa. April 7, 2009 | | web only The President's Aesthetic Goes Global Elements of the Obama campaign's design have become nearly as iconic as the president himself. April 7, 2009 | | web only Five Lessons Britain Can Learn From Obama As the president returns to the U.S., here are the lessons the U.K., and Europe as a whole, should take from his historic election. April 7, 2009 | | web only Evan Bayh's Budget Hypocrisy What Evan Bayh says he wants out of the budget is less important than how he actually votes. April 6, 2009 | | web only Is Turkey the Key to a New Middle East Approach? By putting a stop in Ankara on his first European tour, Obama has demonstrated that he's taking a fresh diplomatic approach to both Turkey and the Middle East. April 6, 2009 | | web only The Trillion-Dollar Question Rather than ask how to better conduct our costly wars, the Obama administration should focus on getting out of them. April 3, 2009 | | web only Dayton, Part II? Thirteen years after Bosnia's wars, the Dayton Peace Agreement is under attack as outmoded and unsustainable. But is there any better solution on offer? April 2, 2009 | | web only Why Are Democrats Undermining Obama's Diplomatic Plans for Iran? The members of Congress calling for the United States to set a time table for Iran to suspend its uranium-enrichment program are missing the point. April 2, 2009 | | web only Reversing Rockefeller New York is set to repeal some of its harsh drug-offense-sentencing laws. But do the reforms go far enough? April 1, 2009 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 74) This week in religion and politics: Extremist Catholics attempt to ruin the graduation of moderate ones, and theo-conservatism threatens rational policy. 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