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Articles in November 2005 issue of American Prospect, The

• Learning from history: as Congress seeks a comprehensive immigration fix, the lessons of 1986's historic reform must guide the way.
  by Meissner, Doris
• Beware of watchdog: meet rabble-rouser Melanie Sloan. The Republicans don't like her. The Democrats are leery of her. She's exactly what this town needs.(DISPATCHES)
  by Rosenfeld, Sam
• Immigration demystified: despite all the heat from the right, a consensus is developing, for workable solutions to the immigration mess. But we're not there yet.(planns to control illegal immigration)
  by Sharry, Frank
• All together now: challenging a record number of GOP incumbents? Coordinating their message this early? What a little blood in the water will do for a party.(DISPATCHES)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• Red parallels.(The Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism)(Book Review)
  by Greenberg, David
• Banana Republicans.(MOLOTOV COMIX)(Cartoon)
  by Anderson, Kirk
• How they did it.(Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy)(Book Review)
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• Transcript.(Today's Issues, American Family Radio, homosexuality)(Brief Article)
• Correction.(Correction Notice)
• The last thing she wanted.(The Year of Magical Thinking)(Book Review)
  by Hall, Linda
• Beat the devil.(Devil in the Details)(Mount Diablo, name change petition rejected)(Brief Article)
  by Tomasky, Michael
• Bonkers!(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Baird, Brian; Kuttner, Robert
• From immigrant to citizen: most still want to become Americans. Unlike in past eras, though, our government is doing far too little to integrate them into U.S. society.(IMMIGRATION REFORM)
  by Murguia, Janet; Munoz, Cecilia
• Gates of privilege.(The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton)(Book Review)
  by Bennett, Drake
• Dossier: an ounce of detention.(Devil in the Details)
• People problem.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Behr, Armin
• Be our guest? Our economy benefits from immigrants. But if guest workers are treated as a caste without rights, native workers and immigrants will both suffer.(IMMIGRATION REFORM)
  by Tienda, Marta
• Both sides, now: TV in blue and red: Commander in Chief unfolds as a nonpartisan (yeah, right!) fantasy; Three Wishes is one big faith-based initiative.(television show 'Commander in Chief' portrays a woman as the President of United States)
  by Thrupkaew, Noy
• The woes of white folk.(Devil in the Details)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• The new nativism: the alarming overlap between white nationalists and mainstream anti-immigrant forces.(IMMIGRATION REFORM)
  by Zeskind, Leonard
• With God on his side: meet Rod Parsley: rising star of the religious right, GOP ally--and subject of lawsuits over his church governance and secretive fund-raising practices.(nonpartisan Christocrat)
  by Posner, Sarah
• Ground-zero redux.(Devil in the Details)(New Orleans, sanitary conditions)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• And the winner is ... guest workers live in fear of la migra, and Congress isn't helping them a bit.
  by Bacon, David
• The yes-man: President Bush sent Porter Goss to the CIA to keep the agency in line. What he's really doing is wrecking it.(Central Intelligence Agency)(Cover Story)
  by Dreyfuss, Robert
• At least he's loyal.(Devil in the Details)(Joe Lieberman)
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• The incompetence dodge: the liberal hawks now say the idea of the war wasn't bad, just its execution. This saves face--and serves a more dangerous function.
  by Rosenfeld, Sam; Yglesias, Matthew
• Slouching toward disaster.(PROSPECTS)
  by Starr, Paul
• Target employers: for comprehensive immigration reform to work, employers need to feel the heat.
  by Echaveste, Maria
• Setting the squawkers straight.(THE TAXONOMIST)
  by McIntyre, Robert S.