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Political activity

Barack to the Future

“Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America,” released October 22 by Focus on the Family Action, an activist group affiliated with James Dobson’s conservative Christian organization Focus on the Family. October…

Dreaming XXL

by Jake Austen,

For the African-American market, bootleg shirts stretch Obama's image

Obama’s Jews

by Bernard Avishai,

Last May, as he claimed the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama was ahead among Jewish voters 2 to 1. Yet, according to cable-and-blog wisdom, that was a serious problem for him.…

The atrocity files

by Kate Doyle,

Deciphering the archives of Guatemala's dirty war

Untitled

by Peter Turnley,

3. Civil Service

by Ken Silverstein,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” In January of 2005, top Justice Department officials began making plans to remove up to 20 percent of the nation’s U.S. attorneys—those deemed not to…