Toxic Toys
Mark Schapiro : As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.
James Ledbetter on Karl Marx, journalist; Alexander Cockburn on Al Gore; Calvin Trillin on Bush's next move
Articles
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Hillary's Mystery Money Men
Russ Baker & Adam Federman : The men behind the money that made Bush now want to claim the Clinton campaign. Is someone cooking the books at Hillary Inc.?
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Father of History
Christopher Phelps : Bettina Aptheker's recent memoir has incited fierce debate over her father s legacy.
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Al Franken Seeks the Wellstone Seat
John Nichols : Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken has won wide support among voters--and conservatives are getting scared.
Letters
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Letters
Our Readers : Our readers weigh in on Marvin Kitman's paean to Keith Olbermann and continue to react to "The Other War," by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.
Editorials & Comment
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Inconvenient Truth-Tellers
: This year's Nobel Peace Prize should spur governments and people everywhere to urgent action on climate change.
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UAW R.I.P.?
Max Fraser : To save the domestic auto industry, the UAW may end up killing itself.
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Ink-Stained Marx
James Ledbetter : A look at the cantankerous dispatches he wrote as London correspondent for the New York Tribune puts the father of communism in a new light.
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Noted.
How Chevron fuels the Myanmar military, Blackwater's legal woes and questions for Michael Mukasey.
Reviews
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Big Red Checkbook
John Feffer : America's foreign-policy establishment is struggling to find an appropriate response to China's soft power.
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The Imperfectionist
Barry Schwabsky : Reconsidering the life and legacy of avant-garde artist and poet Francis Picabia.
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Gracelands
Keith Gessen : The taint of an unjust war tarnishes the lives of Vietnam-era Americans in Denis Johnson's stunning new novel.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
The End Game
Calvin Trillin : What kind of trouble can Bush and the boys get us into now?
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Real Al Gore
Alexander Cockburn : For a Man of Peace, Gore has plenty of blood on his hands.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
With Facts on Our Side
Katha Pollitt : Faced with a choice between facts and theology, antichoicers choose the latter every time.
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Alaska Warms to The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel : In this cut from Blue Man/Red State, a documentary on Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Juneau peace activists give Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel a warm welcome and a helping hand.
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Sudan's 'Lost Boys' Return Home
Jen Marlowe : Three young men who fled the fighting in South Sudan return home to reunite with loved ones.
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If Gore Were Arrested...
Mark Hertsgaard : As carbon emissions raise the planetary temperature, environmental activists are asking Nobel laureate Al Gore to engage in civil disobedience protesting construction of coal-fired power plants. He hasn't said no.
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A Whistleblower's Tale
Glynn Wilson : Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
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America's Empty Pockets
Robert Scheer : The President is determined to bankrupt the nation, morally and financially. And who in Congress has the will to stop him?
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The Rockies Get Off Their Knees
Dave Zirin : As baseball's most sanctimonious team heads to the World Series, the Colorado Rockies are playing down their holier-than-thou image.
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Sudan's 'Lost Boys' Return Home
Jen Marlowe : Three young men who fled the fighting in South Sudan as children return home to find what's left of their families and do what they can to help.
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Killing Time
Mary Mapes : After years of performing executions at a pace that scares the bejesus out of the civilized world, Texas has put the brakes on its machine as the Supreme Court considers lethal injection.
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Whatever Happened to the Eight-Hour Day?
Steve Early & Suzanne Gordon : Americans spend more time on the job than workers in any other country. Isn't it time presumably labor-friendly Democrats did something about it?
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It's Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week!
Barbara Ehrenreich : David Horowitz serves up a witch's brew of Cheney-style anti-jihadism, mixed with anti-feminism and a sour dash of anti-Semitism.
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Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying
Ari Melber : As his fellow Democrats rush to pass the President's intelligence bill, Christopher Dodd stands his ground.
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Baghdad on the Bayou
Jeremy Scahill : On the Oct. 19 edition of Bill Moyers' Journal The Nation 's Jeremy Scahill tells of how Blackwater USA President Erik Prince sent armed guards to New Orleans to provide security to affluent neighborhoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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The New GOP Means Business
Bob Moser : Forget Values Voters. With Bushism discredited and mainstream Republicans looking for candidates with business savvy and competence, Democrats may be facing far more formidable foes than they imagined.
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The Cinema of Terror
Christine Smallwood : Three new films--Rendition, The Kingdom and Redacted--take on the clash of civilizations. How does the "war on terror" look on the big screen?
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Migration to Education
A Department of Education program provides the chance for children of migrant workers to attend college--and succeed.
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Summer Internship in Iraq
A Princeton sophomore talks about being a cadet and student journalist in a war zone.
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Closing Prison's Revolving Door
The Second Chance Act is gaining enough bipartisan support to really get a second chance.
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Bridge Collapse Leaves Holes in Policy, Too
The Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse claimed thirteen lives, but the problem is bigger than just rebuilding.
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Trade Talks
Over the past ten years, student activists across the country have won impressive victories against some of America's biggest corporations, using fair trade on campus as a strategy. What's next?
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Turn the Beat Around: Youth, Art and Activism at 924 Gilman
Wiretap and All-Ages Movement Project kick off a ten-part series highlighting some of the most innovative DIY youth music and arts organizations.
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