Liberalism

The music festival had an additional objective of wanting to give Mexicans something positive to unite around.

National Parks have become the latest budget battleground between Congress and the White House. The Clinton Administration claims Republicans’ proposed cuts to the National Park Service would decimate a valuable recreational resource. Fiscally conservative Republicans say that only the most important and most popular parks deserve tax dollars. William Drummond reports on the debate.

Catalina Reyes of member station KUNM in Albuquerque reports on the emergence of the New Mexico Greens as a party to be reckoned with  ? albeit one with a bit of an identity problem. Green candidates and many of the state’s mainstream environmentalists have taken pains to distance themselves from one another.

A half century of single-party leadership came to an end in Japan. The opposition Democratic Party won a resounding victory over the Liberal Democratic Party. For more context, The Takeaway speaks with Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist.

As President Obama puts his mark on the Supreme Court, Republicans are cautioning against a return to a liberal court. But New York Times Magazine contributor ? and law professor ? Jeffrey Rosen says Obama is redefining the ideological debate.