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Hillary’s green streak
Amanda Griscom Little
She's defending the Arctic refuge and calling for Big Oil's help on a "strategic energy fund." But how serious is Clinton about transforming energy policy?
The Fix
Salon Staff
A fictionalized Dowd, an anti-Bush Aniston and one very bitter K-Fed ex. Plus: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sharon Stone trade barbs.
The V.A.’s bad review
Mark Benjamin
Early this month, a vet in New Mexico took his life. At his side was the agency's plan to question benefits for mental trauma.
Protecting America’s wounded
Mark Benjamin
Democratic senators have stepped up to defend benefits for soldiers traumatized by combat.
Your Premium dollars at work
Joan Walsh
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Journalism that doesn’t flinch
Joan Walsh
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Sticker shock over shell shock
Mark Benjamin
The U.S. government is reviewing 72,000 cases in which veterans have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, claiming that misdiagnosis and fraud have inflated the numbers. Outraged vets say the plan is a callous attempt to cut the costs of an increasingly expensive war.
Selling out the environment
Amanda Griscom Little
Senate Democrats say they want to save the planet. So why did more than half of them vote for the Bush administration's pork-riddled, Earth-hating new energy bill?
Piling on
Tim Grieve
Washington Democrats line up to note their disapproval of Howard Dean. How long must this go on?
The war over the media
Joan Walsh
As the White House goes on the attack against Newsweek, PBS and NPR -- stories you read on Salon -- there's never been more reason to support independent reporting.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Eva Longoria "in full canoodle" with Hayden Christensen? DeGeneres discusses childhood trauma.
Dinner is served
Mark Benjamin
A new Senate bill requires veterans hospitals to stop charging wounded soldiers for meals.
Life of the Party
Tim Grieve
Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners, tells Democrats how they can attract moderate religious voters: Be authentic and don't be afraid to use the G-word.
Window-dressing the EPA
Amanda Griscom Little
New EPA chief Stephen Johnson has enviro-group cred. But skeptics say he won't confront the White House's agenda.
The Senate’s moral bankruptcy
Arianna Huffington
The pending bankruptcy bill reads like a wish list for the credit card industry -- and couldn't be nastier to the average American consumer.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
Chris Webber and Randy Moss get traded. Addition by subtraction should work in one of those cases. Plus: When the Harlem Globetrotters were serious business.
Oscar time
Arianna Huffington
Presenting the best and worst, most compelling and most pathetic performances in politics and movies in 2004.
The healing power of King in the time of Bush
Mark Follman
Not with a bang but a whimper
Tim Grieve
As the protest against Bush's certification fell flat and they rolled over for Gonzales, it was a day of humiliation and futility for Democrats.
2004: Pop went the culture
Salon Staff
From Janet's flash to Mel's "Passion," Table Talkers on the moments that defined the year.
Hot enough for you, John?
Amanda Griscom Little
Sen. McCain is sweating the Bush White House over global warming. Why didn't he support the candidate who would have done something about it?
Losing my religion
ZZ Packer
My mother is a black evangelical Christian -- and a staunch Democrat. The party failed her and millions of other religious folk, and that has to change.
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