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Howard Zinn Ponders Obama's Positions on Peace and Imperialismnew

The noted historian and activist talks about the war, the end of the Bush era and the future of the American empire.
Montreal Mirror  |  Matt Jones  |  11-14-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iraq, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Howard Zinn, Afghanistan, A People's History of American Empire, progressives, war & peace

Thomas Frank on McCain, the Wall Street Mess, and Voter Fraudnew

"These Republicans have acted for years as though markets work fine unregulated," Frank says. "But what you get is incredible rip-offs."
Shepherd Express  |  Roger Bybee  |  09-26-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, John McCain, Wall Street, Thomas Frank, voter fraud, economic issues, Phil Gramm, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, bailouts

Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Crisis, War and the Electionnew

"I think that you could argue it may in fact be the war that broke the camel's back," Stiglitz says.
Los Angeles CityBeat  |  Ron Garmon  |  09-26-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Iraq, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Joseph Stiglitz, Wall Street, economic issues, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict, World Bank

Stephen Mansfield on What Obama Believes About Godnew

The Nashville evangelical talks about The Faith of Barack Obama, conservatives, and getting death threats.
Nashville Scene  |  Jeff Woods  |  08-22-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, religion, conservatives, evangelicals, Stephen Mansfield, The Faith of Barack Obama

Hightower: 'There's a New Sense of Possibility Among Progressives'new

Jim Hightower talks about the presidential campaign, why Obama is the least important part of the "Obama phenomenon" and the McCain's participation in the Republican "drill team."
Shepherd Express  |  Lisa Kaiser  |  08-22-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow, social movements, Jim Hightower

Jim Hightower on Activism and Obamanew

"The significant thing about the Obama phenomenon isn't Obama but the phenomenon -- the fact that we've got millions of people, including a whole bunch of young folks and people who haven't been voting in the past, who believe that change really is possible. And not because of him."
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  04-17-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Jim Hightower with Susan DeMarco, Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow

A Clinton Primary Primernew

Biographer Carl Bernstein sees two sides in candidate's run for the White House.
Charleston City Paper  |  Greg Hambrick  |  01-23-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein's Epic Hillary Talenew

All the President's Men co-author Bernstein turns in a 648-page unauthorized biography about a well-known woman he claims nobody really knows -- we get to the heart of why Bernstein wrote it and what the reaction has been.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Jerre Wroble  |  10-18-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Carl Bernstein, All the President's Men, Hillary Rodham Clinton

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