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The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, and Why We Need Reform
The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, and Why We Need Reform
The Senate has a chance to redeem its dysfunction and implement needed reforms to its own rules when it convenes a new session on Wednesday.
Mobilizing the Jobless
Mobilizing the Jobless
More than 26 million Americans don't have enough work, while robber-baron CEOs report record profits. So why aren't the unemployed on the march?
The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform
The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform
When the Senate reconvenes, it has a chance to fix the filibuster—a reform we've been championing for years. Read our coverage by Christopher Hayes, Thomas Geoghegan, Senator Tom Harkin and William Greider.
Muslims Get the Message as Turkey's Bid to Join the EU Stalls
Muslims Get the Message as Turkey's Bid to Join the EU Stalls
If Europe's biggest social worry is the integration—or not—of Muslims, nothing would be smarter than positive gestures towards Turkey. Unfortunately, the EU isn't making any.
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Books and the Arts
Habeas corpus rescued Walter Rideau from an unjust prison sentence, but during its long history the great writ has been used to muffle the sighs of prisoners as much as to relieve them.
Tim Wu and Kevin Kelly speak for a new technocracy, and their new books epitomize its myopia, libertarianism and frustration with the political system.
Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop's key modes of transcendence.
News and Analysis
The Department of Defense's December review of Afghan strategy glossed over real challenges to the US involvement in the country's political and economic development.
Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?
When considering Obama's presidency in the long view, remember that history provides many more examples of thwarted resistance than it does of sweeping social change.
The response to the allegations against the WikiLeaks founder prove that when it comes to rape, the left still doesn't get it.
In his new memoir the South African leader struggles to overcome his image as a saint.
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