Bloomberg Beats Democracy
Nicholas von Hoffman : Michael Bloomberg
New York's City Council grants Mayor Michael Bloomberg the opportunity to run for a third term. He'll probably win, but will New Yorkers?
2008
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Notes on a Scandal
JoAnn Wypijewski : Media Analysis
The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.
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Spitzer's Shame is Wall Street's Gain
Robert Scheer : White-Collar Crime
Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
2007
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Showdown at the DMV
The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.
2005
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The Power of Fear
Jill Lepore's New York Burning paints a realistic portrait of a purported slave rebellion in 1741 and the hysteria that followed, a harrowing lesson of how abusers of power become haunted by the nightmare of retribution.
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Brand Hillary
Greg Sargent : Democratic Party
Crafting a politics uniquely her own, she's making her mark on the Democratic Party.
2004
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Talking With Anthony Papa
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Drug Policy/Drug War
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
2002
2001
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Corporate Welfare Spoils
It would be hard to script a more brazen corporate giveaway than a billion-dollar donation to the emblem of global capitalism.
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He Has a Dream
Scott Sherman : African-Americans
Al Sharpton's leadership role in the black community is secure; his challenge now is to expand his constituency beyond that base.
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)
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