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“I was horrified by the lengths men will go to mistreat other men”
Der Spiegel staff
Obama's great uncle, who helped to liberate a subcamp of Buchenwald, speaks before the president's Germany trip.
The end of “Anglo-conformity”
Andrew Leonard
How to pronounce Sotomayor, part 2. What's this country all about, anyway?
Do CIA cables show doctors monitoring torture?
Sheri Fink
Documents obtained by the ACLU seem to show that medical personnel monitored the waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah
In the shadow of Cheney
Gary Kamiya
Obama could spring America from the dank culture of fear spread by Cheney and Bush. So what's holding him back?
Judging the unmarried
Richard Rodriguez
Proposition 8 and the Sonia Sotomayor nomination expose the hypocritical state of the sexual revolution today.
This president does not chop brush
Mike Madden
Unlike all his predecessors since Kennedy, Obama is an engaged city dweller -- just like the majority of Americans.
Should a Brookings “expert” know what the presidential oath says?
Glenn Greenwald
The claim that the President takes an oath to protect the country is as false as it is revealing.
Backlash grows against Obama’s preventive detention proposal
Glenn Greenwald
Leading opponents of Bush terrorism policies object strongly to Obama's proposal
Rx and the single payer
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship
Americans may want single-payer healthcare, but that doesn't mean they're going to get it.
Facts and myths about Obama’s preventive detention proposal
Glenn Greenwald
Is a system of indefinite detention with no charges a standard or radical idea?
Another round for democracy
Joe Conason
Cheney's hostile speech only highlighted President Obama's commitment to American standards of liberty
Wild Dick Cheney at the Neocon Corral
Joan Walsh
The way the media cover the ex-veep, you'd never know his torture views were rejected by his colleagues and party
Hailing the leader as a War President and the powers that go with it
Glenn Greenwald
Does America have any other kind of President besides War Presidents?
Stimulus money going to scofflaw companies
Michael Grabell, David Epstein /ProPublica
Major recipients of U.S. contracts have paid big fines for breaking environmental, safety and discrimination rules
The sad sound of hedge fund whining
Andrew Leonard
Money managers warn Obama's "activism" will hurt unions in the long run. Do they understand how democracy works?
A watchdog to growl at Wall Street
Andrew Leonard
Elizabeth Warren's brainchild -- a "Financial Products Safety Commission -- may become reality. Her fans say: Put her in charge!
Obama’s coming collision with Netanyahu
Gary Kamiya
American politicians hate to confront Israel. But here's why Obama will.
“The world has ignored our warnings”
Erich Follath, Dieter Bednarz
Nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei talks about being wiretapped by the Bush administration, whose "arrogance and ignorance" turned the Middle East into "a giant mess."
“The corner has been turned” for the GOP?
Mike Madden
Michael Steele says the Republican Party is back in business.
Are the new fuel standards worth the cost?
Alex Koppelman
Opponents of President Obama's new fuel economy rules say his plan will cost Americans money, and might kill thousands.
The day the bloggers won
Eric Boehlert
With no traditional-media allies or lobbying money, the netroots was able to alter the debate about wiretapping in the 2008 campaign. Leading the charge: Salon's Glenn Greenwald.
Salon Radio: Eric Boehlert’s new book about political blogs
Glenn Greenwald
How has the advent of blogs changed politics and journalism?
What’s wrong with Michelle Obama’s style?
Kara Jesella
Her controversial cardigans! Her bare arms! As a feminist, I cringe at the constant media attention to our first lady's appearance. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy it.
Obama’s embrace of Bush terrorism policies is celebrated as “Centrism”
Glenn Greenwald
For all the flamboyant displays of opposition to Bush/Cheney policies, they remain the political and media consensus.
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