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Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) remained united despite repeated efforts by its enemies to divide and destroy it during the three decades in which its leaders endured exile, prison, torture and assassination. But after 14 years as South Africa's ruling party, an internal power struggle appears to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Africa, the Party of Mandela Faces a Divorce | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

The Weathermen formed as a radical offshoot of the 1960s student activist group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). A manifesto, which circulated around a June 1969 SDS convention, took its title from Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Weather Underground | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

Maher, who says he's not an atheist (because that implies a degree of certitude as dogmatic as religious belief) is more an atheist-leaning agnostic. But he does have the missionary spirit; he's certainly been proselytizing for Religulous. In early September he was at the Toronto Film Festival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Would Jesus See: Fireproof or Religulous? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

Democracy Now! is widely recognized as one of the leading progressive independent media outlets in the world. The show regularly covers stories its producers see as ignored by the mainstream media. Last month, Goodman was arrested, along with two of the show’s producers, while covering protesters at...

Author: By Adeline S. Rolnick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grad Nabs Progressive Prize | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

If DuHaime is to be taken at his word, he counts himself among a dwindling handful of Republican strategists who feel either "confident" or "good" about the current state of the race. Over the course of two weeks, as the financial crisis and faltering economy have taken center stage, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McCain Map Out a Comeback Strategy? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

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