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December 3, 2005
13:26
A top-secret memo detailing George W. Bush's proposal to bomb Al Jazeera in 2004 is not outlandish, as the White House claims. Jeremy Scahill writes that the Bush Administration had been attacking and intimidating Al Jazeera staffers and other unembedded journalists long before Bush reportedly floated the idea to Tony Blair.
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13:26
David Cole writes that when the Bush Administration declared José Padilla was not a threat against the American people, they exposed a greater threat: The government is able to hold any US citizen in detention indefinitely with no explanation.
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13:26
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith preview the showdown in Congress this week over two competing measures involving bedrock human and legal rights: John McCain's ban on torture and Lindsey Graham's proposal to strip federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus pleas.
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13:26
John S. Friedman writes that the tragedy wrought by the Iraq War cannot be told in numbers alone. But the cost of the war depicted in this chart--every loss, every life, every dollar--only strengthens the arguments against this brutal war. (Download the PDF version.)
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13:26
Christopher Hayes writes that if progressives are to democratize the country, they must first democratize their politics. Grassroots activists around the country are energized to develop the infrastructure that will effectively galvanize voters for change.
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13:26
The Editors write that President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security is dead, thanks to a remarkable mobilization by progressive groups. Much can be learned from that victory about the power of working together to inform citizens and arouse them to meaningful political action.
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13:26
Daniel Lazare reviews The Jewish Century and A History of Jews in the Modern World, two books that defy the conventional view of Jews as outsiders and follow the Diaspora in the modern era.
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13:26
Brenda Wineapple reviews Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her,, and concludes that this spunky girl detective--never sad, wrinkled or misunderstood--is both heartwarming and a little scary.
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Jack Rakove reviews Akhil Reed Amar's America's Constitution: A Biography, which yields a rich understanding of the prosaic founding text Americans routinely worship but rarely examine.
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November 30, 2005
12:26
Robert Scheer writes that the US occupation of Iraq has created conditions as bad--if not worse-- than Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. And yet the increasingly isolated George W. Bush insists on staying the course.
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