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Half a Victory
Yes, Senate Democrats won the first round on health care. But at what price? Peter Beinart on how the procedural vote could spell doom for the public option.
The Katrina Horror Story You Haven't Heard
As a shocking New Orleans documentary airs on HBO tonight, Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc-bestselling author and gutsy survivor-explains why the city is still drowning.
Great Botched Moments in Catastrophe Response
As his countrymen sorted through the rubble after Monday's earthquake, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi declared that they should treat their newfound homelessness like "a weekend of camping." The Daily Beast remembers some of the great insensitive moments of crisis response through the years.
I Survived the Bush Presidency
From "Brownie" to the beleaguered author of The Pet Goat, an oral history of the shell-shocked survivors of the Bush administration.














