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Michael Calderone

Influential Liberal Magazine May Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: The Backstory, Robert Kuttner, Ezra Klein, Kit Rachlis, Harold Meyerson, Josh Marshall, The American Prospect, Matt Yglesias, American Prospect, Paul Starr, Magazines, Media News

The American Prospect, an influential liberal politics and policy magazine, could shut its doors at the end of May unless the nonprofit publication ra...

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The Blogosphere Reacts to the Kerry-Boxer Senate Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waxman-Markey, Senator Brown, Brian Beutler, Copenhagen, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Global Warming, Senator Kerry, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Elana Schor, Steve Benen, Brad Johnson, Kate Sheppard, Senator Lincoln, Matt Yglesias, Aces, Senator Boxer, Senator Baucus, Cejapa, Bradford Plumer, Joseph Romm, Collin Peterson, Kerry-Boxer, Climate, Green, Green Energy, Green Living, Green News, Energy, Green News
Josh Nelson

The bill as it currently stands is stronger than the American Clean Energy and Security Act in several crucial ways, but it has a treacherous gauntlet to run before reaching the President's desk.

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Problems of Terminology: Fighters, Rebels, Islamists, Jihadists, Insurgents, Militants?

Alex Thurston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Taliban, Africa, Somalia, Jihad, Islamist, Al Shabab, Afghanistan, Matt Yglesias, World News
Alex Thurston

What kind of language should American bloggers use in writing on foreign affairs, particularly regarding combat zones like Afghanistan and Somalia?

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Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich Doubles Down On Religious Fanaticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Ross Douthat, Religious Right, Newt Gingrich, Matt Yglesias, Eat the Press, Politics News

Newt Gingrich has lately been on the scene, attempting to convince people that he owns a portfolio of self-conceived innovations for the GOP and for A...

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Not Your Mother's Federalism

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy, Brookings, Decentralization, Cities, Bruce Katz, Matt Yglesias, Think Progress, Urban Policy Metropolitan Areas, Metropolitan Policy Program, Centralization, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Matt Yglesias at Think Progress has a good synopsis of a new Democracy article that both points out the importance of metropolitan regions to the nati...

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Jason Linkins

Minor Blogging Controversy Yields New Term For The Political Lexicon

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for American Progress, Matt Yglesias, Political Blogging, Blogging, Media News

Last Friday, blogger Matt Yglesias penned a rather innocuous post that, in part, criticized a centrist messaging factory called Third Way of whom you'...

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There's Something About Print

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, James Surowiecki, Media, Urban Policy, Matt Yglesias, Detroit Free Press, Corporatization of the Media, Detroit News, Newspaper, Cities, Conglomerates, Media News
Harry Moroz

If local papers disappear entirely (that is, if their digital versions fail), the evidence suggests that "untraditional" sources like blogs just won't be able to pick up the displaced audience.

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Jason Linkins

Meghan McCain's Infinite Playlist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Meghan McCain, mccainblogette.com, John McCain, McCain Blogette, Mccain Bailout, Matt Yglesias, McCain Iraq, Politics News

As many of you no doubt know, Senator John McCain's daughter Meghan has turned her father's campaign into something of a hobby to build a blog around,...

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Matt Yglesias: A Case for Liberal Internationalism

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interview Yglesias, The Atlantic Yglesias, Iraq Matt Yglesias, Matt Yglesias Head in Sand, Matt Yglesias, Heads in the Sand Matt Yglesias, Home News
Christian Avard

INTERVIEW: "Foreign policy as part of presidential campaign coverage is mostly done by people who don't have a sophisticated understanding of the issues. The goals of U.S. policy are never questioned, just the tactics."

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