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    LETTERS

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    EDITORIALS & COMMENTS

    If Democrats can succeed in improving people's lives, the electorate won't care whether the Obama administration governs from left, right or center. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    William P. Jones | Obama has an opportunity to further racial and economic justice by fusing the New Deal and civil rights traditions.

    Third-party gains, good times for Wal-Mart, the Minnesota recount and what's next for Howard Dean. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Robert Dreyfuss | Will Obama make good on his promise to end the war in Iraq?

    André Schiffrin | Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    COLUMNS

    Calvin Trillin | It wasn't her idea, was it? SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Patricia J. Williams | As our spanking-new era of optimism dawns, ask yourself, How integrated is your neighborhood? SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Eric Alterman | A mighty train of change is coming to Washington: will the insider establishment hop aboard?

    Naomi Klein | Every sweetheart deal the Bush administration makes threatens to hobble Obama's ability to deliver on his promise of change.

    ARTICLES

    Nick Turse | In Operation Speedy Express, new evidence of civilian slaughter and cover-up in Vietnam.

    Frances Fox Piven | A grassroots push for reform can make Obama a great president.

    Bob Moser | Obama's "Southern strategy" pays off.

    Mark Hertsgaard | The story of the plumber who helped deliver Indiana to Obama. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    BOOKS & THE ARTS

    Siddhartha Deb | Elias Khoury and the literature of witness.

    Fanny Howe SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Barry Schwabsky | What we talk about when we talk about art.

    Fatin Abbas | Two new books by African writers share many flaws with their Western predecessors. SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

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Blogs

» Capitolism

Geoghegan's Running | A visionary progressive runs for Congress
Christopher Hayes

» State of Change

Not A Great Day for Senate Democrats | Majority Leader Reid needs to do a better job of leadering.
John Nichols

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» The Beat

Franken Named Minnesota Winner | Board says DFL candidate prevailed by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman.
John Nichols

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» Editor's Cut

A Trillion Dollar Recovery | We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt