• How Bold Is Barack?

  Eric Alterman : Barack Obama Administration

  Notwithstanding comparisons to FDR, BHO has proffered far less audacious proposals than we were led to expect.

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  Our Jobless Recovery

  Leo Hindery Jr. & Leo W. Gerard : Employment/Unemployment

  The solution to the jobs crisis depends on manufacturing and trade policy reform.

• How to Deal with America's Empire of Bases

  Chalmers Johnson : US Military

  As Congress and Obama wrangle over the cost of much needed domestic expenditures, no one suggests that closing some of these unpopular, expensive imperial enclaves might be a good way to save some money.

• The Trials of Benjamin Jealous

  Ta-Nehisi Coates : African-Americans

  Can the NAACP's new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?

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  Mr. Sanford's Wild Ride

  Paul Wachter : Conservatives & The American Right

  The rise and precipitous fall of the adulterous, anti-stimulus governor of South Carolina.

• Triangles

  JoAnn Wypijewski : Marriage & Divorce

  The latest political sex scandal isn't a scandal at all but a circumstance as old and common as time.

• Alex Sanchez Denied Bail

  Tom Hayden : Law & Justice

  A federal magistrate denied Alex Sanchez bail in his gang conspiracy trial, but the prosecution entered a surprisingly "weak" case, according to defense counsel.

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  Slide Show: The Nation's Presidents

  : People Archive

  As we celebrate this country's birth, here is a look back at the leaders who have shaped our times, from Lincoln to Obama.

• Mirror Man

  Patricia J. Williams : Children & Child Care

  Michael Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers to the pursuit of whatever Mad Hatter fancy seized him--including his made-to-order kids.

• Shades of Green

  Mark Hertsgaard : Environment

  Washington and Beijing should launch an efficiency revolution, the quickest path to large emissions cuts.

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  Saving Troy Davis

  Benjamin Jealous : Law & Justice

  The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.

• Public Option Now!

  The Editors : Health Care Policy

  Getting a Medicare-style public plan as part of healthcare reform is a winnable fight.

• The Root of Madoff's Evil

  Robert Scheer : White-Collar Crime

  Congress should not be fooled by the argument of Wall Street lobbyists that Bernard Madoff was a lone rotten apple now safely discarded.

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