The Minnesota Supreme Court has finally ruled — unanimously — that AL FRANKEN is the winner of the recount in his Nov. 3 Senate race with Republican Norm Coleman — and Coleman has conceded.   JOHN NICHOLS of The Nation comments -- and we listen to part of our 2003 interview with Al Franken -- he was funny.

Plus: The Slave Next Door — KEVIN BALES talks about human trafficking and slavery in America today–in the most mundane middle class suburbia.  He’s president of Free the Slaves in Washington, D.C.

Also: Can one reporter change the world? I.F. STONE thought so – he’s the subject of a terrific new biography, American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone –written by D. D. GUTTENPLAN.  Izzy of course edited I.F. Stone’s Weekly, now archived at its own website.

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