What Nuclear Renaissance?
Christian Parenti : Despite a slick PR campaign hyping its promise, the nuclear industry isn't going anywhere. It's too costly and won't save us from global warming.
Mark Gevisser on Zimbabwe, Alexander Cockburn on the psychic wounds of war, Steven Greenhouse on young workers.
Articles
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Mill Hill Populism
Bob Moser : Meet the new face of economic politics in post-NAFTA North Carolina.
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Starting Out Means a Steeper Climb
Steven Greenhouse : Young workers have it a lot tougher than their parents did.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Bitter Politics
: Voters and superdelegates now must ask at what cost Clinton is willing to continue this fight.
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Zimbabwe Reeling
Mark Gevisser : Peace among warring factions will come only when each side accepts that it can't win. And none of the players--least of all Robert Mugabe--has come to this realization.
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Noted.
: A fractured death penalty ruling, the Pentagon's pimping pundits, campus antisweatshop campaigns and Guggenheims for Nation poets.
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The World Food Crisis
John Nichols : We must rein in the global food giants who reap profits at the expense of the planet and the poor.
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Running on Empty
Mark Hertsgaard : The era of cheap, plentiful oil is just about over. Now what?
Reviews
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book
Lost Causes Not Yet Found
Kevin M. Kruse : In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.
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Hearts and Minds
Thomas J. Sugrue : Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.
Columns
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Comix Nation
Americans Tell It Like It Is to the Iraqis
Ward Sutton : "We blew up your country, assaulted your people and have perpetuated a state of chaos for five years."
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year
Alexander Cockburn : The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Men of the Cloth
Katha Pollitt : When it comes to keeping women pregnant and in their place, polygamous Mormons and the Pope have a lot in common.
Crossword
Web
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Workers Memorial Day
Esther Kaplan : This week marked Workers Memorial Day, when unions and advocacy organizations held memorials and protests to honor those who have died on the job.
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Can Obama Resurrect Real Conservatism?
Susannah Vila : A conversation with Andrew Bacevich about what conservatives and progressives can hope for in the post-Bush era.
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Howl
The Candidates Pump Gas
Nicholas von Hoffman : As Clinton and McCain pander to frustrated voters with tax cuts, the real remedies to rising gas prices go unexplored.
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TruthDig
No Country for Old Men
Robert Scheer : Age is a factor in this race and nowhere is it so important as in McCain's vice-presidential choice.
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Lessons From Columbia '68
Jayati Vora : As Columbia University goes forward with controversial plans to expand into Harlem, alumni mark the fortieth anniversary of explosive student protests.
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Shirin Ebadi: Don't Attack Iran
Robert Dreyfuss : The Nobel Prize-winning activist says US threats, regime-change rhetoric and efforts to promote democracy only give Iran's leaders an excuse to intensify repression.
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Truckers Take Their Case to the Capitol
Barbara Ehrenreich : Riding with a caravan that descended on Washington Monday, to call for immediate government action to push down fuel prices.
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Southpaw
Why Do We Care About the NFL Draft?
Dave Zirin : For fans, the pigskin meat market is mindless fun, but for young players, football is no fantasy.
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Justice for Sean Bell
Brett Story & VideoNation : Protesters decry acquittal of three New York City police officers on trial for firing 50 bullets at an unarmed man.
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The First H
Michele Willens : If California's historic 1950 Senate race had gone the other way there would have been no Checkers speech, no Watergate break-in, no Woodward and Bernstein, perhaps an early exit from Vietnam.
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Pentagon Pundits Scandal: Ignored
Free Press : Why is the media ignoring one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory?
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Battle of the Beijing Boycotts
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom : Two days in May could mark a turning point in the debates over Olympic boycotts.
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McCain Is the Media's Maverick
Media Matters for America : Why does the American public think John McCain is a maverick? Because the mainstream media told them so.
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Hillary's Iran Insanity
Talking Points Memo : How did Hillary go from being simply hawkish on Iran to becoming completely hellbent on its destruction?
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Phil Donahue on the Bleak Future of Iraq
The Young Turks : Why isn't Phil Donahue back on television? Because he speaks the truth.
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Fiction
Bumpy Ride
Gary Phillips : This week's episode: Congresswoman Kang's brother learns more than he wants to know about how deep in the Big Muddy he is.
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The Clintonian Legacy
Barbara Crossette : Bill Clinton's foreign policy record, on which his wife is running, was anything but stellar.
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A Whole New Relationship
Joan Connell : This is more than just a new homepage. Our new site offers new ways to mine the richness of America's oldest weekly journal of politics and culture.
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Network News in Denial
Ari Melber : Why are the networks stonewalling revelations that their military analysts were actually selling the Pentagon's Iraq War spin?
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Things Have Changed
Joan Connell : Notice anything different about this page? The online edition of The Nation just got a makeover. Here's a guide to what's new.
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The League of Pennsylvania Voters
The League has worked non-stop for the past several years to energize community members to help engage "sometimes" and "never" voters into participating in the primary elections this year.
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HeadCount's At It Again
The grassroots group recognized that it just made good sense to add civic engagement into the mix.
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Youth Guide to Politics: Superdelegates
They may very well be the deciding factor among the split primary electorate.
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