How Democrats Could Turn Texas Into the Blue Star State
Bob Moser : It's their most surprising red-state revival--and Barack Obama's happy dilemma.
The Editors on Supreme politics, Alexander Cockburn on Sami Al-Arian, Brenda Wineapple on Henry James
Articles
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Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy
Robert Dreyfuss : He's no George W. Bush, but will Obama's foreign policy bring us back to the days of the bipartisan, establishment consensus?
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The Jindal Mystique
Deepa Fernandes : Young and ambitious, Louisiana's Bobby Jindal lands on the GOP VP shortlist.
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Just Democracy
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Progressives need to drive a bold new agenda to invigorate democracy and capture greater power for the people
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Democracy on the Net
Katrina vanden Heuvel : An online guide to organizations working to build a more perfect union.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Fizzling on FISA
: Obama and other Senate Democrats should not let a lame-duck Administration compromise our liberties in the name of pursuing terrorists.
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Supreme Politics
: The Supreme Court's final rulings remind us that civil rights and a sane vision of the Constitution rest with the next President's judicial appointments.
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Impeach Bush Now
Elizabeth Holtzman : If we don't act now, future generations will see that a weapon intended to defend the rule of law grew rusty and unusable on our watch.
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Noted.
: Civil liberties, at home and abroad; saving Jeff Wood from Texas's death row.
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Dorothy Day's Day
Colman McCarthy : The movement she inspired--passionate, pacifist and siding with the scorned--is seventy-five and going strong.
Reviews
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Bright Oblivion
Emily Wilson : A new translation of Sophocles' Ajax derives chilling power from its infidelity to the original text.
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The Creep of Things
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow : Two new anthologies explore the virtues and occasional shortcomings of Bill McKibben's quest for environmental salvation.
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The James Gang
Brenda Wineapple : In Henry James and his family, biographers find a fascinating story of dynastic melodrama.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Top McCain Aide Says That Another Terrorist Attack on the US Would Be to McCain's Advantage in the Election
Calvin Trillin : What a way to energize your base.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Ongoing Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
Alexander Cockburn : The US government's shameful auto-da-fé of Sami Al-Arian enters a new phase.
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LOOKOUT
Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion
Naomi Klein : As the planet is rocked by multiple shocks, here's a look at how disaster capitalists are reaping the benefits--leveraging the Iraq War, the push for arctic drilling and the global food crisis.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Who's Afraid of Judy Maccabee?
Katha Pollitt : Women increasingly are taking leadership roles in Jewish life--and that's a problem?
Crossword
Web
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Exiting Iraq Is Easier Than They Say
Chris Toensing : Getting out of Iraq responsibly isn't the impossible feat war supporters would have you think.
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TruthDig
Tough Love for Bankers
Robert Scheer : Our current financial disaster is the real legacy of the Reagan Revolution. So why don't we let the deregulated banking industry sink or swim?
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HOWL
Portrait of a Panic
Nicholas von Hoffman : America is shaken by images of panicked customers lined up to withdraw money from the failed IndyMac Bank.
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Dump the Junk
Annabelle Gurwitch : It takes a lot of work, but it's possible to go green. Start with stopping your junk mail.
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Pushing Limits--and Proud of It
Katrina vanden Heuvel : The Nation has a long history of publishing images even some of our staunchest fans find offensive. Just ask our cartoonists.
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Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan
Tom Hayden : Obama's plan to de-escalate the war in Iraq only to ramp up another in Afghanistan just might work. It could also entrap the US in an even wider quagmire.
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Uncomplicated
Daniel Miller : Slavoj Žižek's newest book may cause readers to conclude that the superstar philosopher has misplaced his marbles.
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Term Limits: Our National Obsession With Late-Term Abortion
Jessica Arons : The debate over late-term abortion has lasted long enough. It's a phony issue designed to undermine our trust in women.
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McCain Learns How to Use a Computer
YouTube : McCain, the self-proclaimed 'illiterate,' computer non-user gets excited about a one-hour CD that guarantees it can teach him this 'complicated' technology.
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The New Yorker Cover Controversy
Grit TV : Laura Flanders leads a panel discussion featuring Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker about the controversial Barack Obama cover.
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Edwards Defends Obama's Iraq Policy
YouTube : Appearing on Good Morning America, John Edwards speaks out against false claims that Barack Obama has flip-flopped on Iraq.
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Hold China Accountable on Darfur
Ruth Messinger & Jerry Fowler : Don't let Olympic fever obscure the role China plays in the Sudanese government's reign of terror, rape and killing.
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Fiction
Bad Ju Ju
Gary Phillips : This Week: Congresswoman Kang is ill at ease as she contemplates the fate of her chief of staff and prepares to go to the source of part of her woes: secretive, manipulative billionaire Mace Gilmore.
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The Wedding Crashers
Tom Engelhardt : In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : The Nation's Ari Melber and Jon Pincus tackle FISA, Elizabeth Holtzman talks impeachment--plus more on war resisters in Canada and the subprime mortgage crisis.
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War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims
Who are the Muslims in our midst?
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Free Association: Unquotable Words
A new Associated Press policy says you're at risk if you quote their work or diss them. How are young bloggers and writers reacting?
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Pentagon Fights Peace Majorities in US and Iraq
Tom Hayden : The electorates in both countries are threatening to topple the principal warmakers at the ballot box.
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Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests
A Tennessee student denied a valid high school diploma fights back.
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Kai Wright Explains the Subprime Swindle
VideoNation : Nation magazine contributor Kai Wright discusses his July 14 article about the mortgage crisis and its effect on the black middle class.
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Southpaw
Can NASCAR Be Saved From Itself?
Dave Zirin : Mauricia Grant, the first black, female inspection official in NASCAR history, is suing her former employer for sexual and racial misconduct. It may be the best thing that's ever happened to the sport.
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Fox Attacks Michelle Obama
Brave New Films : Fox's long history of racism is nothing new, but it has been particularly egregious when it comes to their coverage of the Obamas.
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Naomi Klein on the Exploitation of Shock
The Tavis Smiley Show : Nation contributer Naomi Klein discusses her book, The Shock Doctrine, and how moments of crisis are seen as moments to act.
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TruthDig
Taiwan Declares Peace on China
Robert Scheer : You can't trust the Chinese. I don't care if you're talking about those communists on the mainland or the other guys on Taiwan; they just won't follow the wargames script that our weapons hawks had counted on.
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Should Will Smith Play Obama?
The Colbert Report : Stephen Colbert suggests that playing McCain would be a bigger stretch for the Academy Award nominated movie star.
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Speak Again, Memory
Greg Grandin : Readers of Fidel Castro's My Life will find explanations of the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.
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McCain Strikes a Pose
YouTube : How can John McCain make himself more exciting to voters? He needs to team up with Madonna!
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Raging Against Rising Internet Repression
Antony Loewenstein : More than 200 bloggers, human rights activists, writers, journalists, hackers and IT experts have joined the fight against censorship on the web.
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The Iraqi Oil Ministry's New Fave Five
Nick Turse : Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.
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Canada's War Resisters
Will Di Novi : American military defectors are waging a campaign to achieve political asylum in Canada. As the threat of deportation grows, the fate of hundreds of former soldiers and their families hangs in the balance.
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Fiction
The Prisoner
Gary Phillips : This Week: Chet Kimbrough, Congresswoman's Kang's chief of staff, is bound and gagged, and it isn't because he belongs to an S&M club. There is no safe word for him.
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Bush Tours Damage Caused by Presidency
The Onion : President Bush will seek to comfort victims of his presidency as they try to make sense of the destruction he has caused.
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Radio Nation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Katrina vanden Heuvel on the meaning of patriotism this July 4. Plus, some of our most compelling interviews from the first half of 2008.
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Online Activists Keep the Pressure on Obama
Ari Melber : If Obama is lucky, he will continue to benefit from these energized, sophisticated activists who support his candidacy while they press his hand.
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Jesse Helms, American Bigot
Lisa Duggan : In death it's easy to dismiss Jesse Helms as a colorful buffoon or a relic of the bad old days of segregation and sexism, but that doesn't do his bigotry justice.
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Barack at Risk
Tom Hayden : Barack Obama could put his entire candidacy at risk if his audacity on the war in Iraq continues to shrivel.
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SOUTHPAW
Grand Theft Hoops: The Stealing of the Sonics
Two Oklahoma corporate raiders have stolen one of Seattle's most beloved sports franchises with an unlikely accomplice, the NBA's commissioner, David Stern.
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Bush's Last Chance on Climate
Janet Redman : At the G-8 Summit, he can help bear the brunt of climate damage caused by the developing world. But don't hold your breath.
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Quieting the Riot
Should police use force to break up student gatherings?
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HOWL
Talking Points for an Energy Crisis
Nicholas von Hoffman : Now that rising gas prices and plummeting sales of gas hog vehicles has gotten everyone's attention, let's talk about a long-term plan.
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Crossword Classic #8
Frank W. Lewis : From the December 6, 1947, issue.
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Crossword Classic #7
Frank W. Lewis : From the November 29, 1947, issue.
Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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