Palin's Party
Michelle Goldberg : Sarah Palin breathes new life into the religious right's vitiated political movement.
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William Greider on the bailout, Alexander Cockburn on the end of neoliberalism, Calvin Trillin on the economy
Articles
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McCain's Troopergate Scandal
John Nichols : Palin claims she wants more accountability in Washington. So why is the McCain campaign stonewalling the Troopergate investigation?
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Wooing the White Working Class
David Moberg : Unions are trying to combat racism and sway undecided working-class voters toward Obama.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Bailout Nation
: What kind of government intervention will we have? Whom will it benefit? Ten observers on the right way to settle Wall Street's toxic debts.
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Crisis of a Gilded Age
Doug Henwood : Without an energized populace, expect nothing more humane than the rescue of a failing financial system.
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Goldman Sachs Socialism
William Greider : Rescuing America from irresponsible Wall Street is worth at least what it costs to save the bloodied bankers.
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Reining in the Risk Takers
Nomi Prins : Rather than cap CEO pay, link compensation to the systemic risk that permeates our financial system.
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King George & Comrade Paulson
Ralph Nader : We need to put restraints on Wall Street's dangerous habit of gambling with other people's money.
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Bail Out Working Families
Thea M. Lee : Don't waste our tax money; don't pay off the perps.
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Ending Casino Capitalism
Robert Pollin : This bailout doesn't have to cost $700 billion.
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Bridge Loan to Nowhere?
Thomas Ferguson & Robert Johnson : This is not only the most expensive way to solve the problem. It's also the most likely to fail.
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Trust But Verify
James K. Galbraith & William K. Black : Here's a short list of conditions for a credible rescue plan.
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Water the Roots
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson : What do the people get from this bailout?
Reviews
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Homing Patterns
William Deresiewicz : Marilynne Robinson's new novel explores faith, loneliness and the national passion play of race.
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Spectacular Wrongs
Samuel Moyn : A new history celebrates the nineteenth-century roots of humanitarian intervention and glosses over their imperial pretensions.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
John McCain Explains What He Meant by Saying That the Fundamentals of the Economy Are Strong
Calvin Trillin : He'll figure it out eventually.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Last Act, Great Opportunity
Alexander Cockburn : Now is the moment to kick neoliberalism into the grave. We won't get another moment like this in our lifetimes.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Sarah Palin, Affirmative Action Babe
Katha Pollitt : Affirmative action for potential leaders of the world's most powerful country: that's what the GOP stands for now.
Crossword
Web
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AFL-CIO's Trumka on Racism and Obama
YouTube : Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO: 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.'
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Homer Simpson vs. Electronic Voting
YouTube : The Simpsons character encounters a corrupted electronic voting machine: 'This doesn't happen in America! Maybe in Ohio, but not in America!'
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Obama's Bailout Strategy
Tom Hayden : Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.
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Clinton Backs Barack and Biden...Finally
Talking Points Memo : Bill Clinton thinks the vice presidency will be more important than ever in the next four years--and his bet's on Joe Biden
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The Communist Manifesto Turns 160
Barbara Ehrenreich : As Karl Marx's opus marks a big birthday, capitalism seems willing to mark the occasion by dropping dead.
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Nepal's Evolving Identity
Drew Haxby : Pushpa Kamal Dahal, newly elected Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal, provides insight into his country's political dilemmas.
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From Slingshots to Solutions: Goals for Organizers
Matthew Birkhold & Calvin Williams | The recent RNC demonstrations reveal that activists have some work to do.
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Youthiness: A DNC and RNC Convention Scorecard
Sarah Burris | With young voter interest on the rise, how well did the parties represent young voters at the recent Republican and Democratic National Conventions?
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Now What?: An Interview With an Iraq Veteran
De Nishia Yearby | Kareem Lawrence is trying to adjust to his daily life after returning wounded, and angry, from two tours of Iraq.
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The Palin Doctrine
CBS : Sarah Palin seems a little bit more coherent in her most recent Katie Couric interview but she still doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Ohio Election Activists Fight GOP Dirty Tricks
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman : A surge of first-time voters and dirty tricks by GOP operatives have mobilized citizen activists to prevent another stolen election in Ohio.
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TruthDig
Boston Tea Party, 2008
Robert Scheer : Fear-mongering pundits and pols question the patriotism of lawmakers and taxpayers who oppose the bailout. They've got it all wrong.
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Main Street Marches on Wall Street
Lucas Mann : As economic turmoil continues over the proposed bailout plan, activists put pressure on Congress.
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End of Iraq's Awakening?
Robert Dreyfuss : A new and growing Sunni resistance movement in Iraq could shatter the false sense of post-surge calm--and it might get Russian support.
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Howl
Deflation on the Horizon
Nicholas von Hoffman : If everyday life is hit by a deflationary wave, it will bring extreme hardship to millions.
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Fiction
Bailout, Shmailout
Gary Phillips : Congresswoman Kang re-emerges on Capitol Hill in time to put her two cents in on the economic crisis. Paulson takes a knee, and Lacy Mills goes off the rez--way off.
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Can Late Night Comedy Sink McCain?
Adam Howard : If Letterman and Saturday Night Live continue to cast McCain as a liar, it could have a devastating impact.
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Justice Delayed and Denied at Guantanámo
Aziz Huq : The Supreme Court's ruling in Boumediene v. Bush affirmed prisoners' right to habeas corpus, but the government is stalling; and such delays may keep detainees imprisoned indefinitely.
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McCain Puts Campaign Before Country
YouTube : John Kerry takes McCain to task for playing politics with our nation's crumbling economy. If only he had been this bold four years ago!
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Bailout Failure Is McCain's Fault
MSNBC : Chris Matthews on McCain: 'He called charge, and the Republican retreated. That's what happened here.'
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Defending Obama's Foreign Policy
Tom Hayden : When Robert Dreyfuss attacks Obama's policies on Afghanistan, it's not helpful to the progressive cause.
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Time for a Taxpayer Revolt
Medea Benjamin & Arun Gupta : The bailout package isn't a compromise: it's an appalling transfer of wealth upward. Register your protest!
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No Bailout!
VideoNation & Laura Hanna : A look at the passionate protests on Wall Street in opposition to the $700 billion bailout proposal.
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We Have the Bailout Money--We're Spending It on War
Chalmers Johnson : If we don't reduce military spending now, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. We don't have much time left.
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Bailout's Political Turmoil
William Greider : The bailout crisis represents the Democrats' hesitant first step toward rediscovering their nerve and abandoned convictions. They are not there yet.
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Palin Problems
Radio Nation : John Nichols and Michelle Goldberg tell some pretty frightening stories about Sarah Palin. Plus a look at the bailout plan for Wall Street and more.
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Tina Fey Takes On Sarah Palin
Saturday Night Live : Fey impersonates Palin in a hilarious sketch parodying the Republican's disastrous interview with Katie Couric.
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America Needs a New New Deal
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Eric Schlosser : We should apply FDR's principles of relief, reform and reconstruction to our current financial crisis.
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Jack Cafferty: Palin Is 'Pathetic'
CNN : "There's a reason why the McCain campaign keeps Sarah Palin away from the press..."
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Obama Hits McCain Hard for Spain Gaffe
Huffington Post : And furthermore, did John McCain say "horses--t" on live TV in response to Obama's criticism?
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Archive: Bearing Witness in Mississippi
Erica Landau & Marissa Colon-Margolies : As the eyes of the nation are focused on the University of Mississippi for the presidential debate, The Nation archive yields insights on key events in Mississippi during the civil rights era.
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A Better Bailout
Joseph E. Stiglitz : The emerging compromise on the bailout is better than Paulson's original proposal, but falls far short of what needs to be done. Congress and the next president will have a lot more work to do.
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Mr. McCain Goes to Washington
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart says John McCain is the only man who can impulsively overreact to something ten days old.
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Acts of Contrition
William Greider : The road to recovery requires more than a bailout. Americans deserve apologies from Washington and Wall Street--and a new president capable of telling the truth and leading us forward.
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Howl
Regional Banks Can Solve the Credit Crisis
Nicholas von Hoffman : Take a lesson from Andrew Jackson: Rely on regional banks, not Wall Street, to get money in the hands of people who need it.
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Outlaws: Andrew Edwards and Jeff Fontas
Speaking with the youngest legislators in the country.
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The Dark Bailout
YouTube : While the financial crisis is nothing to joke about, the Joker from The Dark Knight couldn't be any worse than George W. Bush
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The Amazing McBlaine!
Evan Eisenberg : With apologies to David Blaine, and none to John McCain, an ode to a political magician.
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Crossword Classic #19
Frank W. Lewis : From the February 21, 1948, issue.
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Ahmadinejad Sees (Code) Pink
Joseph Huff-Hannon : The Iranian president encounters members of US peace groups and religious organization.
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The Next Bull Market
Glenn Hurowitz : Instead of shoveling good money after bad, Congress should push Wall Street to invest in the booming green economy.
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What If Obama Had a 'Witch Hunter' Pastor?
Countdown : Keith Olbermann discusses a recently unearthed video of Sarah Palin being blessed by a Kenyan witch hunter.
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Pitbull in the Headlights
CBS : Palin gets stumped when Katie Couric asks for a single example of how McCain has fought to reform financial oversight.
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