Assisted political suicide

Mark Lawrence, Olympia Snowe's Democratic challenger, isn't the first sacrificial lamb to view an electoral slaughter as a stepping stone to higher office. But as Maine's political past shows, this strategy never works.
by Lance Tapley

What I saw at the revolution

The expected masses didn't turn out for the LA protests, and both the media and the politicians ignored the activists' issues. Where does that leave this grassroots movement?
by Ben Geman

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