• Raging Against Rising Internet Repression

  Antony Loewenstein : Internet & New Media

  More than 200 bloggers, human rights activists, writers, journalists, hackers and IT experts have joined the fight against censorship on the web.

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  How Democrats Could Turn Texas Into the Blue Star State

  Bob Moser : US Politics & Government

  It's their most surprising red-state revival--and Barack Obama's happy dilemma.

• Jesse Helms, American Bigot

  Lisa Duggan : Conservatives & The American Right

  In death it's easy to dismiss Jesse Helms as a colorful buffoon or a relic of the bad old days of segregation and sexism, but that doesn't do his bigotry justice.

• Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion

  Naomi Klein : Globalization

  As the planet is rocked by multiple shocks, here's a look at how disaster capitalists are reaping the benefits--leveraging the Iraq War, the push for arctic drilling and the global food crisis.

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  Online Activists Keep the Pressure on Obama

  Ari Melber : Presidential Election 2008

  If Obama is lucky, he will continue to benefit from these energized, sophisticated activists who support his candidacy while they press his hand.

• Bush Tours Damage Caused by Presidency

  The Onion : Humor

  President Bush will seek to comfort victims of his presidency as they try to make sense of the destruction he has caused.

• Speak Again, Memory

  Greg Grandin : Books

  Readers of Fidel Castro's My Life will find explanations of the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.

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  Barack at Risk

  Tom Hayden : Presidential Election 2008

  Barack Obama could put his entire candidacy at risk if his audacity on the war in Iraq continues to shrivel.

• Talking Points for an Energy Crisis

  Nicholas von Hoffman : Environment

  Now that rising gas prices and plummeting sales of gas hog vehicles has gotten everyone's attention, let's talk about a long-term plan.

• Grand Theft Hoops: The Stealing of the Sonics

  Dave Zirin : Sports

  Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.

• Impeach Bush Now

  Elizabeth Holtzman : Executive

  If we don't act now, future generations will see that a weapon intended to defend the rule of law grew rusty and unusable on our watch.

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  Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy

  Robert Dreyfuss : Foreign Affairs

  He's no George W. Bush, but will Obama's foreign policy bring us back to the days of the bipartisan, establishment consensus?

• Supreme Politics

  The Editors : Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court's final rulings remind us that civil rights and a sane vision of the Constitution rest with the next President's judicial appointments.

• Dorothy Day's Day

  Colman McCarthy : Religion

  The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.

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