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- Vexations of the heartland.(What's the Matter With Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America)(Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts From the Heart of America)(Book Review)
by Brownstein, Ronald - Can't swallow it anymore.(On The Take: How Medicine's Complicity With Big Business Can Endanger Your Health)(The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind The Cost Of New Drugs)(Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, And Costs Of Prescription Drugs)(Book Revi
by Elliott, Carl - Gitmo justice.(Devil in the Details)(detainees at Guantanamo Bay)
by Rosenfeld, Sam - A lawless state: how to restore America's global standing as a beacon of freedom--both internationally and with its own citizenry.(Human Rights)
by Shattuck, John - Inalienable rights: can human-rights law help to end U.S. mistreatment of noncitizens?(Immigrants)
by Parker, Alison - Brave new words.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
- Where are the rational greedy bastards?(The Last Word)(prospect of another George Bush term )
by Reich, Robert - The road to Abu Ghraib: how the United States played a large role in creating international human rights--and then abandoning them.(Human Rights)
by Lewis, Anthony - From the front lines: a review of recent reports on human rights.(Human Rights)
by Lamarche, Gara - Economic security: a human right reclaiming Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second bill of rights.(Economic Rights)
by Sunstein, Cass R. - All too familiar.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Koster, Patricia M. - Shame in our own house: how segregation and racism have fed U.S. resistance to international human-rights treaties.(Race)
by McDougall, Gay - Health care's big choice: as family premiums push $10,000, Bush and Kerry promote radically different proposals.
by Starr, Paul - Into the bright sunshine: the value of human rights in the United States.(Human Rights)
by Thomas, Dorothy Q. - Follow the money.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Lohman, Jack E. - Will unions exist?(Devil in the Details)
by Meyerson, Harold - Idiot boxed: one big reason Bush won Florida? Television (prematurely) said he did. By 2001, red-faced network news honchos promised big changes for 2004. Now we're here. And guess what?
by Garver, Rob - 525, 526, 527 ...(Devil in the Details)(independent campaign organizations)
by Dubner, Jeffrey - 2000, the sequel: in theory, the Help America Vote Act was Congress' attempt to prevent the catastrophes of the last election from happening again. In fact, it may have made things even worse.
by Kurlantzick, Joshua - Rights in an insecure world: why national security and civil liberty are complements.(National Security)
by Pearlstein, Deborah - Ernesto goes to the movies: The Motorcycle Diaries, brought to the screen by Robert Redford, shows us the young, pre-revolutionary Guevara. Call it soft socialist realism.(Film)(Movie Review)
by Hoberman, J. - While you were sleeping.(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
by Yglesias, Matthew - Minimal monitors.(Devil in the Details)(election in Afghanistan)
by Goldberg, Mark - On America's double standard: the good and bad faces of exceptionalism.(Double Standards)
by Koh, Harold Hongju - Good medicine: Medicare does need changes. But its expansion is the key to eventual universal coverage.
by Schlesinger, Mark - What we expect from America.(Human Rights)
by Robinson, Mary - Characterology.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Keenan, Dylan - Just wondering.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Wellman, C.D. - Iraq the vote: this month, to prepare for next January's elections, monitors begin heading off to Iraq. Or at least to the parts of Iraq that are safe enough for elections.(Dispatches)
by Yglesias, Matthew - The A-team: after six weeks of battering, John Kerry learned the importance of a tough and experienced communications operation. But did he learn it in time?(Dispatches)
by Franke-Ruta, Garance - Now for some bad news.(The Taxonomist)(tax policy)
by McIntyre, Robert S. - Domestic abuse: how the U.S. government is violating Native Americans' human rights.(Human Rights)(domestic application of international rights standards)
by Mckelvey, Tara - The partial rule of law: America's opposition to the ICC is self-defeating and hypocritical.(Human Rights)(International Criminal Court )
by Slaughter, Anne-Marie - Americana re-examined.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Ullmann, John E. - Buckeye blues: Ohio has 19 percent of the nation's lost jobs since Bush took office. So why is Kerry in trouble there? Because the state has lost something else, too.(Dispatches)(social and demographic changes)
by Meyerson, Harold - Long division: America is not split over the Vietnam War. But Karl Rove needs you to believe that it is.
by Tomasky, Michael - International holdout: around the world, empowering women is considered essential. So why isn't America on board?(Human Rights)
by Chesler, Ellen - Holding America accountable: why the United States should take human-rights obligations seriously.(U.S. Compliance)
by Massimino, Elisa - George W. and human rights.(Prospects)
by Kuttner, Robert - Who killed Camp David?(The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace)(Book Review)
by Polakow-Suransky, Sasha - Top gun.(War and the American Presidency)(America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism)(Book Review)
by Secor, Laura