Cover By Anita Kunz
Volume 70, Number 11
Editor’s Note
Letters
Comment The Assault on Democracy
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Columns
Barbara Ehrenreich surveys the shamers and the shamees.
Howard Zinn discusses the futility of war.
Matthew Rothschild tells of two professors who gotstopped at the border.
On the Line
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Which Democratic Party? Ruth Conniff
Is it the party of anti-war populists or the elite in Washington?
Features
Worse Than Hanging Chads Kirk Nielsen
A number of states, including my home state of Florida, are oblivious to the pitfalls of electronic voting systems.
A Poet Walks the Line Robert Hirschfield
For Naomi Shihab Nye, the events in the Middle East are personal.
Interview
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. David Kupfer
“The Democrats are being led around by a nose ring by Karl Rove,” says the attorney and activist.
Culture
Kate Clinton proposes we laugh in the face of frauds.
Poem Mahmoud Darwish
Books Elizabeth DiNovella reviews The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan.
Molly Ivins remembers Ann Richards.