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The new face of the Democratic Party — and America
Scott Turow
Barack Obama has come to graceful terms with his mixed-race heritage. Now, as he runs for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, he's connecting with voters across the color spectrum.
A tale of two miseries
Gary Kamiya
It was my first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. But, coming after the killing of Sheikh Yassin, it was a kind of sped-up course in fear and loathing.
“Dogville”
Charles Taylor
Lars von Trier's Depression-era fable has been labeled "anti-American," but it's even worse: It's anti-human.
Thursday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Miscarriage of justice
Robert J. Howe
Imagine a future where the punishment for not having your baby is a life sentence of hard labor.
Glamour don’ts
Salon Staff
Readers get their panties in a bunch over Cary Tennis' comments about thongs in the workplace.
The sleeper issue of 2004
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington calls on progressives to present not just a political vision for America, but a moral one.
Monday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
The Fix
Salon Staff
Dr. Seuss' widow disses Austin Powers, "Big Brother" in Bahrain is a bust, and George Clooney wants to wash your car -- in a toga. Plus: Backstage Oscar quotes galore.
“We don’t support that”
Kyle Killen
We're not here to help fix your computer. We just want to get you off the phone. A tech-support slave tells his hellish tale.
The hermetically sealed conquerors
Jen Banbury
Hunkered down in their weird security zone, the Americans who run Iraq have almost no contact with the country or its people.
Kerry vs. the chicken hawks
Robert Poe
John Kerry's band of Vietnam War brothers has the Bush army running for their lives.
Let us now praise Charlotte York Goldenblatt
Stephanie Zacharek
Forget Carrie, Samantha and Miranda. Kristin Davis' deceptively sweet "Sex and the City" character has turned out to be the most intriguing -- and sexiest -- one of all.
Retroactive anti-terror
Alex Irvine
A century after dying the first time, Peter Skilling is about to discover that the future doesn't look kindly on the minor indiscretions of the past.
The state of your unions
Salon Staff
Religious differences, debilitating illnesses, runaway brides who stop running: More tales from the front lines of marriage.
“Bad news doesn’t get better with age”
Eric Boehlert
The retired officer who saw Bush National Guard files in a trash can talks back as the White House tries to discredit him, and urges the president to finally come clean.
Strong and weak
Cary Tennis
I'm involved with a married woman who has been abused by her husband. What should I do?
Harpooning Hollywood
David Bowman
Peter Biskind talks about Harvey Weinstein, Robert Redford, his new book, "Down and Dirty Pictures," and the wild stories he can't tell about '70s Hollywood.
Show me a winner
King Kaufman
Looking for the man to beat Bush, polite and curious Missourians check out the goods on John Kerry.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The view from the window seat: Readers share their own flight stories, and the pilot explains why the aisle is anathema.
Bad news
Eric Boehlert
White House errand boy Robert Novak and credulous New York Times reporters were burned by their sources. Should they be forced to name them?
In Iowa, a race too close to call
Josh Benson
The candidates have blitzed through towns and cornfields and spent millions on ads. But in the final hours before Monday night's caucus, Democrats here remain stubbornly undecided.
Thursday’s must-reads
Geraldine Sealey
Meet the Donald
Heather Havrilesky
Like ripped sweat shirts and leg warmers, Donald Trump has never really left us. On "The Apprentice," fawning hopefuls happily enslave themselves to this icon of cheesy excess.
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