| EDITOR'S NOTE | 4 |
| Rothschild, Matthew | |
| LETTERS | 6 |
| COMMENT | 8 |
| NO COMMENT | 11 |
| OFF THE MAP | 12 |
| Durst, Will | |
| ON THE LINE | 13 |
| SLAUGHTER, JANE & Craig, Berry & DeMause, Neil & McKissack, Fredrick L. Jr. & Thornburg, Gina K. | |
| PUNDIT WATCH | 17 |
| Douglas, Susan | |
| JUST INSIDE THE DOOR | 18 |
| Jordan, June | |
| DON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN | 19 |
| Cockburn, Alexander | |
| WHERE THE LIBERALS ARE | 22 |
| Press, Eyal | |
| TEN RACES TO WATCH | 25 |
| NICHOLS, JOHN | |
| FROM GREEN BAY TO RANGOON | 30 |
| VEST, JASON | |
| THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW FRANCES FOX PIVEN | 34 |
| Ehrenreich, Barbara | |
| POEM | 37 |
| Kumin, Maxine | |
| UNPLUGGED | 38 |
| Clinton, Kate | |
| BOOKS | 39 |
| Carrigan, Ana | |
| SMALL FAVORS | 46 |
| Ivins, Molly |
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