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Supreme Court won’t hear Obama citizenship case
Alex Koppelman
Without comment, the justices declined to consider a lawsuit that contends both Barack Obama and John McCain are ineligible for the presidency.
Hildebrand writes to liberal critics of Obama
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect's deputy campaign manager says Obama "was elected to be the president of all the people -- not just those on the left."
The Republican comeback of 2010
Thomas Schaller
The midterm elections are only two years away. Can the Democrats defend their gains?
Salon Book Awards 2008
Laura Miller
Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year.
The CIA and its reporter friends: Anatomy of a backlash
Glenn Greenwald
The coordinated, successful effort to implant false story lines about John Brennan illustrates the power the intelligence community wields over political debates.
A Democratic insider’s call for a new presidential secrecy power
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Miller of the Center for American Progress wants to crush one of the few remaining means by which Americans learn about their government: disclosure by presidential aides
A spy in the house of Narnia
Rebecca Traister
Salon's Laura Miller on how the imaginative world of C.S. Lewis inspired her love of reading, as well as her career as a critic.
Those other elections
David Sirota
With our national fixation on Obama and the White House, it's easy to overlook local results and the real progressive mandate.
Sex, lies and creatively edited interviews with Sarah Obama
Alex Koppelman
A look at the conspiracy theories surrounding Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency.
Salon Radio: NPR’s Tom Gjelten and ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
Glenn Greenwald
What accounted for NPR's inaccurate reporting on the John Brennan controversy? And: will a federal court invalidate telecom immunity as unconstitutional?
Vague pledges to “end torture” and “comply with treaties and laws”
Glenn Greenwald
When politicians pay lip service to vague generalities, it reveals nothing about what they actually intend to do about the worst of the abuses.
Will Obama bring change to agriculture?
Gabriel Winant
A group of prominent foodies urge a badly needed shift in agricultural policy -- but they shouldn't hold their breath waiting.
The benefits of being Obama’s secretary of State
Vincent Rossmeier
In an email to Obama's famed list of donors, Vice President-elect Joe Biden asks for contributions to pay down Hillary Clinton's campaign debt.
Why the stories about Obama’s birth certificate will never die
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama was, without question, born in the U.S., and he is eligible to be president, but experts on conspiracy theories say that won't ever matter to those who believe otherwise.
Obama sets fundraising record
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama brought in more than the 2004 candidates raised combined.
Let Obama be Obama
Joan Walsh
It's too early for Democrats to panic and demand the president-elect do more on the economy. Plus: Go away, little Jeb.
Detroit revs up its bailout begging
Mike Madden
On bended knee, and with promises to retool their operations, the Big Three ask Congress for billions to save the auto industry. They might get it this time.
RNC chair: Chambliss win shows Obama mandate talk “hot air”
Alex Koppelman
Mike Duncan says proved "the ideology of the country [hasn't] shifted to the left," but the election wasn't really that significant.
What will make Obama a great president
Joseph Romm
He must make the U.S. a world leader in global warming solutions. Then he must inspire China to follow suit.
She was an icon of the Great Depression
Katharine Mieszkowski
Now, a 76-year-old California housecleaner has a message for Barack Obama.
Has Obama broken his first campaign promise?
Vincent Rossmeier
Barack Obama promised to institute a windfall profits tax on oil companies, but the policy was quietly removed from his Web site.
Obama announces Richardson nomination
Alex Koppelman
If all goes well, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will be the next commerce secretary.
Does Chambliss win mean trouble for Democrats?
Alex Koppelman
Some observers say Tuesday's results are a backlash, or at least an end to Obamamentum, but they're reading too much into the race.
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