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Articles in August 2004 issue of American Prospect, The

• Leading the races: on an ignored issue, there's much work to be done.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Edley, Christopher, Jr.
• A Failure of intelligence.(The Last Word)
  by Reich, Robert
• Be a hero: a president must create his moment, not stumble on it.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Bell, Ashley D.
• The courage to lead: a resurgent movement awaits its organizer in chief.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Burns, James MacGregor
• Think different: Teresa Heinz Kerry, who speaks her mind (and can do so in five languages), is not your typical politician's wife. That ought to be a good thing.(Dispatches)
  by Wildman, Sarah
• Mr. Huntington's Nightmare.(Book Review)
  by Fuchs, Lawrence H.
• Independence Day: galvanizing public support for a real energy plan.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Callahan, Deb
• From Bush's playbook: vision, leadership, and structural change.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Schakowsky, Jan
• Based on a true story.(Book Review)
  by Brinkley, Alan
• Build an "A" team: and fight like hell against the right.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Wilentz, Sean
• Teachable moments: every week, celebrate a public hero.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Kuttner, Robert
• Class will out.(Devil in the Details)
  by McKelvey, Tara
• Life after theory: the romance with French thought that has dominated American humanities departments since 1966 is over. Can the left academy speak in a common political language again?
  by Greif, Mark
• Teaching tolerance: reveal us as human beings.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Graff, E.J.
• Organizer in chief: great presidents are great movement builders.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
• Vast right-wing conspiracy.(Devil in the Details)
  by Meyerson, Harol
• The Christians: right.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Hayes, Michael
• Follow the (Saudi) money: can a small Muslim community in Cambodia resist being pulled toward Wahhabism?
  by Thrupkaew, Noy
• Fiscal boldness first: a progressive tax plan that moves beyond austerity.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Podesta, John
• The power of the pen: the not-so-secret weapon of Congress-wary presidents: the executive order.(Executive Power)
  by Risen, Clay
• After Kerry, the deluge.(Devil in the Details)
  by Anderson, Rob
• Tar-heel tolerance.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Doble, John
• Promises, promises: big talk aside, Bush's go-it-alone global AIDS strategy is hurting more than it's helping.
  by Casriel, Erika
• The return of energy: early and effective use of the powers of the office.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Starr, Paul
• Climbing the hill: as president, John Kerry might find a few surprising allies in a GOP--controlled Congress. And a few is all he'd need to enact some significant changes.(The Legislative Agenda)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• John Edwards pop quiz.(Devil in the Details)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• America reinvents.(Prospects)
  by Tomasky, Michael
• The talking cure: if elected, Kerry would fight terrorism with diplomacy, not war. But can diplomacy win?(Diplomacy & Terrorism)
  by Secor, Laura
• Labor-inescapably! At the very least, a return to a (modest) status-quo.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Fraser, Steve
• The Kerry I know: so he's not Mr. Charisma. But he has courage, judgment, and intellect. Imagine that!(The Candidate)
  by Oliphant, Thomas
• Clarification.(Correspondence)(Correction Notice)
• Lyndon Agonistes: when Democrats celebrate their lineage, one name is usually conspicuous in its absence. The erasure of LBJ says far less about him than about how liberals make use of history.(The Use Of History)
  by Byrne, Richard
• Know thine enemies: and go after them. But only them.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Brzezinski, Zbigniew
• "The evil was very grave ..." Jose Marti's description of our 1884 election sounds eerily contemporary.(Dispatches)
  by Goldman, Francisco
• Should've read it.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Gordon, Mary
• The vital middle: redeeming and defending middle-class values.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Tyagi, Amelia Warren
• The breakfast crowd: Mr. President, speak directly to ordinary people.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Pingree, Chellie
• Onward and forward: since its founding in 1998, MoveOn has influenced everything from impeachment to war. Its secret: always giving members something to do.(Dispatches)
  by McKelvey, Tara
• Still AARPing.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Campbell, Sandi
• Black listed cancer treatment could save your life.(Advertisement)
• Civilization's price: the simple truth: we need higher, and smarter, taxes.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by McIntyre, Robert S.
• We the government: repairing the rift between citizen and state.(Progressivism & The Presidency)
  by Tannen, Deborah
• The next generation: Illinois' Barack Obama is just the most visible of a new breed of African American leaders with ambitions their forbears couldn't have imagined.(Dispatches)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance