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Top 20 US Progressives: Rachel Maddow

Top 20 US Progressives: Rachel Maddow

MSNBC news anchor.

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Top 20 US Progressives: Elizabeth Warren

Top 20 US Progressives: Elizabeth Warren

Would-be senator and Wall Street watchdog.

Who's left? The top 20 US progressives

Who's left? The top 20 US progressives

The New Statesman profiles the leading American progressives who are keeping the cause alive.

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State within a state

State within a state

In Lebanon, after a year of turmoil that was the worst in a decade, it is Hezbollah — with the backing of Iran and Syria — that expects to prosper, leaving the whole of the Middle East even more unstable.

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Is Lebanon immune to the Arab spring?

Is Lebanon immune to the Arab spring?

Several crises during the past decade haven’t led to outright conflict in Syria’s neighbour.

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Hitchens archive: The state of Spain

Hitchens reports from Madrid in 1976, following the death of Franco.

Hitchens archive: Colonel Ghadaffi's Libya

In this 1976 article, Hitchens reflects on a dictator on the ascendant.

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A lesson on health spending for Rick Santorum

A lesson on health spending for Rick Santorum

The US state spends more on healthcare than the UK.

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10 things you didn't know about Rick Santorum...

...but might like to know in the wake of his Iowa surge.

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