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Winter 2006
Table of Contents
Editor's Page
Editor's Page Mitchell Cohen
Comments & Opinions
Burn, Bébé, Burn Thomas J. Sugrue
The unhappy parallels between America’s “long hot summer” and France’s recent upheavals
Democrats and Middle America: What's the Real Problem? Benjamin Ross
Why won't the Democrats learn from Kansas?
Herbert Hoover and Hurricane Katrina Nicolaus Mills
Recalling another Republican who ignored flood victims
Politics Abroad
Land versus State: Israel and its Army after the Disengagement Yoram Peri
Yoram Peri looks at the Israeli army and state after disengagement
Promoting Democracy: Is Exporting Revolution a Constructive Strategy? Mark R. Beissinger
Letter from Olympic City Joanne Barkan
Getting ready for the Olympic Games in Turin
Articles
The Democrats’ Opportunity: Are They Ready? Jeff Faux
Katrina: Too Much Blame, Not Enough Responsibility Iris Young
A Difficult Marriage: American Protestants and American Politics Michael Kazin
SYMPOSIUM: Split to Win? Assessing the State of the Labor Movement Joshua Freeman, Gordon Lafer, Michael Merrill, Eve Weinbaum
Welcome to ‘Whole-Mart’: Rotten Apples in the Social Responsibility Industry Mark T. Harris
Reducing Inequality: Merit Goods vs. Income Grants Barbara R. Bergmann
Response to Barbara Bergmann Sean Butler
How Class Disappeared From Western Politics Shalom Lappin
A Times Square for the New Millennium: Life on the Cleaned-up Boulevard Marshall Berman
Reconsiderations
John Maynard Keynes: Economic Possibilities of Our Grandchildren Karl Widerquist
Karl Widerquist looks at John Maynard Keynes’s essay
Notebook
Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired Peter Dreier
Lessons for community organizing in the life of Rosa Parks
Books
Institutional Damage Jack Metzgar
John Hoerr’s Harry, Tom, and Father Rice
Defying Gravity Harold Meyerson
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson’s Off Center
Europe's Choice Sheri Berman
T. R. Reid’s The United States of Europe, Jeremy Rifkin’s The European Dream, and Mark Leonard's Why Europe will Run the 21st Century
White-Collar Blues Jon Wiener
Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bait and Switch
China’s Nationalist Narrative Edward Friedman
China’s New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Diplomacy by Peter Hays Gries
The Last Page
The Last Page Jon Wiener