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Sarah Posner: Conflicts and Questions at CPAC
February 15, 2011The Conservative Political Action Conference is a good place, says Sarah Posner, to "put your finger on the pulse of the conservative movement" in the US. From straw polls for president--Congressman Ron Paul won that one--to tiffs over gay conservatives and Islamophobia, this past weekend at CPAC saw a lot of action, and Sarah was there to report, for Religion Dispatches and The Nation.Nawal El Saadawi, Helen Thomas, Sarah Posner and Innovation
February 14, 2011"I feel reborn," says Egyptian feminist author and activist Nawal El Saadawi. "I am 80, but I feel young, I feel all my energy coming back, I feel my childhood dream coming back."Katrina vanden Heuvel & Ryan Grim, Matthew Alexander, and the PATRIOT Act
February 10, 2011"We don't write about class struggle in the US so it's hard for us to see it elsewhere," says the Huffington Post's Ryan Grim on the failings of the US media around issues in Egypt. And Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that Islamophobia in the US leads many to focus on fear of the Muslim Brotherhood rather than understanding the ways that Islam and democracy coexist and complement one another.The F Word: A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties?
February 10, 2011Lately, when the term “bipartisan compromise” is tossed around, it tends to mean that Democrats are giving in to the Republican position on issues, or that women's rights are being sacrificed to some larger purpose.David Swanson, Carne Ross on WikiLeaks, and Trade
January 4, 2011"They've turned the deficit into the new Saddam Hussein," notes David Swanson, but he points out that if the deficit commission results in reduced military spending, it could have some small benefit. His new book, War is a Lie, delves into the myths about war, ultimately coming up with an argument that war is never justifiable.The F Word: Trading Jobs for More of the Same
January 4, 2011The Clinton years analogies have been coming fast and furious since the midterm elections and Obama's self-described “shellacking.” But today's administration seems anything but worried about the comparisons—in fact, they seem to be doing their best to roll back the clock.The Sotomayor Selection, Credit Card Accountability?, and Auditing the Fed
May 26, 2009What the Sotomayor selection means. Jane Hamsher, Lynn Paltrow, and Jose Perez weigh in. Danny Schechter and others on credit card legislation. And auditing the Fed. Will it happen? Jane Hamsher brings us up to date on a congressional push to hold the Fed accountable.
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