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Barack Obama’s epic win
Walter Shapiro
The culmination of a brilliant campaign, Obama's unequivocal defeat of John McCain marks a political and generational transformation.
Taking our country back
Gary Kamiya
Obama's victory was a triumph not just for Democrats but for the American spirit and the world.
Election Day blogging (2:30 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
Two speeches by Barack Obama, eight months apart
Salon Staff
The full texts of two speeches given in Columbus, Ohio, one at the end of February 2008 and the other on Sunday.
Ladies of the nightly news
Rebecca Traister
How the most electrifying campaign of our time changed everything for Katie Couric, Campbell Brown and Rachel Maddow.
A tale of two faces
Joan Walsh
Ashley Todd's self-mutilation and Sarah Palin's pricy makeup dominate the news as the campaign just keeps getting weirder. Plus: Hitchens calls McCain "borderline senile."
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The American non-traveler: What's the price of staying put? Plus: When airline pilots have the opportunity to roam widely, but choose not to.
Confessions of a former Guant
Stacy Sullivan
The inside story of a military lawyer who discovered stunning injustice at the heart of the Bush administration's military commissions.
Ericsson says global mobile market is “flattish” in 2009
Cyrus Farivar
But losses in the North are offset by growth in the South.
Colin Powell condemns the ugliness of the Republican Party
Glenn Greenwald
A potentially critical endorsement of Barack Obama includes a poignant and stinging attack on the vile anti-Muslim tactics of "senior" Republicans.
Joan Didion on “Election by sound bite”
Joan Didion
Obsessed by "lipstick on a pig" and "great stories," America has failed to see the real problems it faces
Friendly fire in Iraq — and a coverup
Mark Benjamin
The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers.
Critics’ Picks
Salon Staff
What you need to see, read, do this week: Indie rock for Barack, a time capsule of late-'80s bohemia, a peek at other people's diaries.
TNR’s Michael Crowley: McCain lynch mobs are no different than Bush critics
Glenn Greenwald
The modern Beltway journalist compulsively asserts equivalencies between each side without regard to whether they are actually the same.
Salon Radio: ACLU’s Jonathan Hafetz on Guantanamo cases
Glenn Greenwald
Why is the Bush administration continuing to imprison 17 detainees in Guant
Why we’re losing in Afghanistan
Anand Gopal
Corrupt government and the U.S.'s mismanaged "surge" strategy have led to the Taliban's powerful resurgence in Afghanistan.
Major shock: Eavesdropping powers abused without oversight
Glenn Greenwald
Two NSA linguists disclose that hundreds of innocent Americans had their private, intimate telephone calls recorded and transcribed by Bush's illegal spying program.
How the election ate daytime television
Rebecca Traister
Why talk shows like "The View" are showcasing some of the most sophisticated (and mind-numbingly stupid) conversations about the presidential race.
All the world’s a stage
Alex Koppelman
Sarah Palin went back to Sean Hannity's show, this time with John McCain in tow. What resulted wasn't an interview -- just theater.
McCain-Palin rallies turning ugly
Justin Jouvenal
The Republicans' turn to the negative is prompting some crowd reactions that could backfire on the candidates.
Sarah Palin’s museum of trite right-wing tactics: 1980-2008
Glenn Greenwald
The attacks on Obama grow more unhinged and more counter-productive in direct proportion.
The GOP goes back to its ugly roots
Gary Kamiya
McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater.
New McCain ad calls Obama “dishonorable”
Alex Koppelman
As the campaign gets even more personal, the McCain campaign releases an ad falsely implying Obama slandered U.S. troops, and saying the Democrats are "too risky for America."
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