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• Silence of the flock: the surprising thing is not that Christian conservatives have defended Mel Gibson. It's that many Catholic liberals haven't uttered a word.(Film)(Movie Review)
  by Gordon, Mary
• The narrowing of civic life: professionally run and donor-funded organizations are trampling America's real grass roots. What's the upshot? Our democracy suffers and elites dominate.(Political inequality: democracy)
  by Skocpol, Theda
• Tom Jefferson, Republican.(Devil in the Details)
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• From George Wallace to Mitt Romney.(Devil in the Details)
  by Dubner, Jeffrey
• Hauteur theory: even liberal critics have chastised director Lars von Trier, who vilifes an America he has yet to visit. But what if his real target is Europe?(Film)(Movie Review)
  by Woodward, Richard B.
• Our unequal democracy: economic and political inequality reinforce each other and compromise democracy.(Political inequality)
  by Jencks, Christopher
• Vast right-wing conspiracy.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• Correction.(Correction Notice)
• How Nancy Pelosi took control: she inherited a total mess when she took over as House Democratic leader. But against all expectations, she's brought new discipline to the caucus, raised record amounts of money, and withstood the Republican monopoly. Now a
  by Meyerson, Harold
• Come together: right now, over us. The Prospect's co-founder and the president of the democratic leadership council's think tank offer a progressive growth strategy we can all agree on.
  by Marshall, Will
• The faces of honor, the face of shame.(Devil in the Details)
  by McKelvey, Tara
• More Johnson talk.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Meeropol, Michael
• Wise after all: the "wise men" fell out of liberal favor a generation ago. But with John Kerry and the Democrats searching for a meta foreign-policy message, maybe it's time they fell back in.
  by Chace, James
• Democratic detente: the party's 20-year-old fights are--well, 20 years old. Enough already.
  by Dionne, E.J., Jr.
• Solve inequality with democracy: the agenda will change only when ordinary people take control of it.(Political inequality: remedies)
  by Rapoport, Miles S.; Smith, David (American novelist)
• More God talk.(Letter to the Editor)
  by Acland, Dan
• Health and wealth: our appalling health inequality reflects and reinforces society's other gaps.(Political inequality: health)
  by Morone, James A.
• The seduction: AARP's support for last fall's Medicare bill shocked many Democrats--and thousands of the group's members. But if they'd known this history, they wouldn't have been shocked at all.
  by Dreyfuss, Barbara T.
• The meaning of Abu Ghraib.(Prospects)
  by Starr, Paul
• Unenlightened self-interest: the strange appeal of estate-tax repeal.(Political inequality: voters)
  by Bartels, Larry M.
• In praise of the alternative minimum tax.(The Taxonomist)
  by McIntyre, Robert S.
• Freedom's new fight.(Free Culture: How Big media Uses technology And The Law To Lock Down Culture And Control Creativity)(Book Review)
  by Purdy, Jedediah
• Fighting turnout burnout: why Europeans turn out at higher rates and how to improve American participation.(Political inequality: voters)
  by Freeman, Richard B.
• A simple plan: a little-known Democratic legislator has proferred a twofold strategy to prevent future terrorism. Now all he needs is a national leader to back it.(Dispatches)
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• What do mothers want?(Maternal Desire: On children, Love, And The Inner Life)(The Mommy Myth: The Idealization Of Motherhood And How It Has Undermined Women)(Book Review)
  by Crittenden, Ann
• Rocky Mountain low: the experience in Colorado shows how elites set agendas when ordinary people don't participate.(Political inequality: elites)
  by Callahan, David
• Mission semi-accomplished: the "527" ads were supposed to insulate Democrats from campaign-finance reform and counter Bush's advertising blitz. So have they?(Dispatches)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• For America.(Anti-Americanism, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now(And Always Have) In The future Tense)(Book Review)
  by Wolfe, Alan
• Race and representation: in our new multiracial society, minorities need strategically effective coalitions.(Political inequality: race)
  by Swain, Carol M.
• Waiting to happen: the abuse at Abu Ghraib didn't shock some military people. What a largely neglected part of the Taguba report details, they already knew.(Dispatches)
  by Vest, Jason
• Moving the earth.(Red Sky At Morning: America And The Crisis Of The Global Environment)(Book Review)
  by Dumanoski, Dianne
• Drowned out.(The Last Word)(Editorial)
  by Reich, Robert
• A tale of two cities: in the past couple of decades, Los Angeles and Houston have both seen huge growth in their Latino populations--and in Latino poverty. But that's where the similarities end.(Political inequality: participation)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• Lawn order.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• All the president's handouts.(Plan Of Attack)(Book Review)
  by Kuttner, Robert