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By Molly Ivins — Having watched election coverage nonstop all week, I sometimes wake up screaming, “Bipartisanship!” and scare myself.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006
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By Marie Cocco — The media have largely ignored the role women played in swinging the election, as well as the unprecedented power they’ll now wield in Congress.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006
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By Jabari Asim — Maryland’s African-American voters had to make a difficult decision on Nov. 7—whether to send Michael Steele, a black Republican, to the Senate, or instead back a party some feel takes them for granted.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006
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By Gore Vidal — In this Truthdig exclusive excerpt from his just-released book, “Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir,” National Book Award-winning author Gore Vidal recounts Depression-era episodes of his life involving his grandfather T.P. Gore, the blind senator from Oklahoma, along with a political, economic and existential awakening that followed young Vidal’s viewing of “The Prince and the Pauper.”
Plus: Watch Vidal read a portion of this chapter
Posted on Nov 13, 2006
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By Paul Cummins — In this excerpt from his new book, “Two Americas, Two Educations,” the co-founder of the trailblazing Crossroads School in Santa Monica, Calif., argues that America contradicts its purported belief in the value of education by egregiously underfunding it.
Posted on Nov 13, 2006
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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), above, raised the ire of not a few Mississippi residents, including Rep. Charles Pickering (R-Miss.), for telling the N.Y. Times on Nov. 8, “Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?” Who, indeed? Truthdig takes you beneath the headlines.
Posted on Nov 11, 2006
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Truthdig salutes the individuals and organizations that swept the Democrats to victory: the members of the Democratic leadership, and the progressive netroots. Kudos all around.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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The political satirist reports on an ingenious plan by the leadership of both parties to rest up for negative campaigning in 2008.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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On Veterans Day, read the compelling essays of Ron Kovic, Kevin Tillman and Stan Goff—all of whom have served in the United States military.
Posted on Nov 10, 2006
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By Joshua Scheer — In an original Truthdig interview, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the potential next chair of a key national security subcommittee, calls for congressional hearings into how and why America invaded Iraq, and demands “accountability” for those who led America into a “war based on lies.”
Kucinich: “Rumsfeld may no longer be secretary of defense, but he made decisions based on lies that took people to their deaths. He has to be held accountable—secretary or not.”
Posted on Nov 9, 2006
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By David Moore — A 13-year veteran of the Gallup Poll presents some counterintuitive conclusions about the real motivations underlying Americans’ votes on Tuesday—and also teases out some unexpected data about the youth vote.
Posted on Nov 9, 2006
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Bush still doesn’t seem to realize that millions of Americans voted to signal their displeasure with the GOP for abandoning the poor and middle class.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Joe Conason — The sleaziest campaign tactic to emanate from this year’s GOP playbook was the use and abuse of “robo-calls,” which harassed and intimidated Democratic voters.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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By Ellen Goodman — This year, voters valued their ability to shoot down draconian abortion laws, to raise the minimum wage and to send an unequivocal message to the warmongers in the White House.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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The sheer pleasure of getting lessons in etiquette from Karl Rove and the right-wing media passeth all understanding.
Posted on Nov 8, 2006
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Truthdigger of the Week: Sen. Angus King
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