The Rich and the Rest of Us
John Cavanagh & Chuck Collins : In this age of inequality, the wealth that should be shared by all Americans trickle up to the rich.
Charles Barber on a drugged-up nation, Gabriel Thompson on the wealth gap, Jon Wiener on race
Articles
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Our Gilded Age
Doug Henwood : Today's elite spend on a grand scale while pretending to be "just folks."
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Name Our Epoch!
: What to call our current economic era? An all-star progressive panel of judges will pore over the entries and announce a winner.
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Meet the Wealth Gap
Gabriel Thompson : Top dogs and underdogs brush shoulders in Manhattan.
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Plutocracy Reborn
The gap between America's rich and the rest of us is rapidly widening. Here are some graphic examples of the disparities that are distorting our public life.
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Extreme Inequality: A Nation Guide
More information about our extremely unequal world--and to help advance the struggle for a more equal future (web only).
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Race and Extreme Inequality
Dedrick Muhammad : Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?
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This Land Is Their Land
Barbara Ehrenreich : In the era of the superrich, if a place is truly beautiful, ordinary people can't afford to be there.
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Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program
Sarah Anderson & Sam Pizzigati : Our forebears struggled to survive in a world dominated by the superrich. Now it's our turn.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Obama, McCain & Iraq
: Let's hope Barack Obama resists the impulse to move to the center on one of the most contentious issues of the campaign: leaving Iraq.
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Empire or Republic?
Robert Scheer : Imagine the benefits if we could make significant cutbacks in military spending.
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Noted.
: Dennis Kucinich's impeachment play; architects of the subprime mortgage disaster; sexism and the Clinton campaign.
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Drugged-Up Nation
Charles Barber : America is literally awash in antidepressants. Blame the surfeit of drugs in our system on a confusion between illness and suffering.
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Lincoln's Choice
Barry Rockwell : Cartoon commentary.
Reviews
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book
The Long Life of the Frontier Mullah
Basharat Peer : The history of Pakistan's border regions remains an unruly captive of the imperial "Great Game."
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Personal Histories
Benjamin Paloff : New collections by Adam Zagajewski and Julia Hartwig suggest that postwar Polish verse can't be reduced to "poetry of witness."
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City of Fear
Jon Wiener : A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.
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Back Talk: Honor Moore
Christine Smallwood : Poet Honor Moore talks about her family's response to her memoir, The Bishop's Daughter.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
The Melody Hillary Clinton Finally Heard
Calvin Trillin : It's time to call it a day....
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Silence of the (MSM) Lambs
Eric Alterman : They enabled the Iraq catastrophe and now spin a self-flattering narrative to excuse their failings.
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LOOKOUT
Obama's Chicago Boys
Naomi Klein : Before Obama can transform the economy, he has some housecleaning to do.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
Obama and the Power of Symbols
Gary Younge : Does Obama's candidacy represent a progressive paradigm shift--or is he just another mainstream Democrat?
Web
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The Return of Rudy
Countdown : The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the tone-deafness of the McCain campaign and the reemergence of Rudy Giuliani as a GOP attack dog.
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CBS' Lara Logan Slams US Iraq War Coverage
The Daily Show : CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan feels responsible for Americans not understanding what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Bill Ford, Remembered
Scott Greathead & Michael Posner : The brother of one of four US churchwomen murdered in El Salvador used his legal skills to bring their killers to justice.
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TruthDig
Likable Enough for VP
Robert Scheer : If Obama's looking for a right-of-center running-mate, Hillary's the best option out there.
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Donahue's War
Rebecca MacNeice : Phil Donahue talks about his experience as a talk show host on MSNBC during the buildup to the invasion of Iraq.
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A Conversation With Richard Falk
Linda Mamoun : One of the world's most prominent critics of US interventionism talks about his new post as UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
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Where Is the Debate on Race?
Gregory D. Squires : Race remains a fundamental divide in American society--so why is the issue missing from the presidential campaign?
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Big Oil Fuels 'Straight Talk Express'
Brave New Films : McCain has received millions in donations from the same companies that helped the Bush administration create an energy plan that has helped raise gasoline to $4 a gallon.
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Baracknophobia
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart mocks the media's willingness to peddle insane rumors about Barack Obama--and their tendency to place the blame on the internet.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : This week: Chuck Collins, Doug Henwood and Barbara Ehrenreich. Sarah Anderson lays out a 12-step program for "ending plutocracy." Gary Younge on Obama and the power of symbols.
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Obama's Blind Spot on Israel
Nadia Hijab : Why is Barack Obama courting right-wing groups like AIPAC and steering clear of the American Jewish left and center?
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This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage
Brave Nation : Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.
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Fiction
Revelations
Gary Phillips : This Week: Congresswoman Kang has a revealing chat in the park, while Chet Kimbrough goes missing... again.
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Domestic Workers Unite
Lizzy Ratner : Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.
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Fathers and Sons
Joseph H. Cooper : A teacher discovers that sixty years after its publication, Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country still stirs deep emotions about fathers and errant sons.
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Jon Stewart on Obama's Fist Bump
The Daily Show : Stewart ridicules the mainstream media's latest foray into the politics of personal destruction.
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Supreme Court Deals Death Blow to Gitmo
Jonathan Hafetz : The Supreme Court delivers a dramatic blow to the President's lawless detention policies, overturns an effort by the previous Congress to eliminate the right of habeas corpus and sounds the death knell for Guantánamo Bay prison.
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Crossword Classic #4
Frank W. Lewis : From the November 8, 1947, issue.
Cover art by Steve Brodner, design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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