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The Right's Geriatric Gameplan

I have gazed upon the Christian right's midterm activists—and they are old.

America's Jihad on America

A 9/11 New Yorker reflects: The only people who can desecrate Ground Zero–and America–are the Islamophobes.

— Adam Weinstein

Obama's DADT Problem

A federal judge in California puts the White House on the spot.

— Kate Sheppard

Glenn Beck: Tea Party Pooper?

Saturday's big anti-government "March on DC" is looking like a bust. Here's why the Fox host may be to blame.

— Stephanie Mencimer

Here's What's the Matter With Kansas

If you read one book this month, make it this one.

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Did Mainstream Media Ignore the Pakistani Deluge?

It's worth reviewing the events many Americans didn't see on TV.

The Gulf Oil-Fund Czar's Biggest Challenge

Ken Feinberg, America's top mediator, enters another minefield.

— Kate Sheppard

Soldiers With Brain Trauma Routinely Denied Purple Hearts

"It's kind of looked at as a non-injury. For soldiers, it's like, are you a puss?"

— T. Christian Miller, ProPublica and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR

BP's Internal Report: Spreading the Blame Around

The oil company's probe of the disaster finds—shocker—that others were mostly to blame.

— Kate Sheppard

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How the housing agencies are helping shady lawyers make millions by pushing families out of their homes.

BP's Deep Secrets

Lies. Buried evidence. Hush money. The truth is down there.

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Jules Feiffer, Sketchy Character

The 81-year-old cartoonist talks about kids' books, a troubled childhood, and satire.

— Clara Jeffery

Thu Tran's Wacky Snacks

The host of IFC's absurdist cooking show "Food Party" talks Pee-wee Herman, visual MSG, and the turkey incident.

— Sonja Sharp

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