The Subprime Swindle
Kai Wright : How the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth.
The Editors on the subprime bailout, Spencer Ackerman on the CIA, Graham Usher on Pakistan
Articles
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John McCain's Voodoo Reformism
Ari Berman : The Republican candidate's maverick image obscures his cozy relationship with lobbyists.
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The White Whale
E.L. Doctorow : Just as Moby-Dick was too much for Ahab, our new century may be too difficult for us to comprehend.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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A Subprime Bailout
: Congress bails out the banks, but needs to do far more for homeowners devastated by the subprime crisis.
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The Waitress Test
Connie Schultz : What does Barack Obama have to say to working-class women? Plenty. But he's got to prove he's willing to listen to their concerns.
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Noted.
: George Carlin knew words could never be as obscene as wars; Barack Obama goes for the money, but at what cost?
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Getting Pakistan Wrong
Graham Usher : The US military's aggressive confrontation with the Taliban and its Al Qaeda cohorts in Pakistan is only making matters worse.
Reviews
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Hello Cruel World
John Palattella : The narrative journalism of David Samuels finds conversation, color and conflict in the vortex of American life.
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The American Way of Spying
Spencer Ackerman : The history of American intelligence-gathering is rife with incompetence, dysfunction and contempt toward legislative oversight.
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Playing Politics for Laughs
Stuart Klawans : Reviewing a homegrown war documentary, a portrait of Native American life and a pair of spy comedies.
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Back Talk: David Levine
Christine Smallwood : The longtime New York Review of Books illustrator discusses the delicate art of political cartooning.
Columns
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DIARY OF A MAD LAW PROFESSOR
Movin' On Down
Patricia J. Williams : Loan-sharking has resurged with global force, cutting across class, race and regions: we're all in the ghetto now.
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THE LIBERAL MEDIA
Obama vs. the Smart Guys (and Dumb Wars)
Eric Alterman : Barack Obama got it right on Iraq six years ago. Now, perhaps, so can the rest of us.
Web
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Pain at the Pump
Countdown : The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the Right's woeful misunderstanding of the country's gas prices crisis.
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TruthDig
Happy Oil Dependence Day
Robert Scheer : We're drowning in pretended patriotism used to cover the lies that got us into Iraq, the defense of torture and violation of our basic liberties.
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Preaching to the Choir
Max Blumenthal : With little to lose and everything to gain, Obama has lifted high the cross. But are there invisible strings attached?
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The Short of It
The Aesthetic Is the Personal
Barry Schwabsky : The Louise Bourgeois retrospective at the Guggenheim.
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Mayor Wilder: We Must Rebuild Our Cities
MayorTV : Richmond Mayor Douglas Wilder discusses the need to focus on rebuilding American cities from the inside out.
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Olbermann's Special Comment on FISA
Countdown : Keith Olbermann says that when it comes to FISA, the Democrats are doing 'a collective impression of Homer Simpson falling off a cliff.'
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SOUTHPAW
Nader Tackles Sports
Dave Zirin : It's a little known fact, but Ralph Nader is seriously interested in sports, which is why he believes there should be a Bill of Rights just for the fans.
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Colbert vs. the Fire-Breathing Liberal
The Colbert Report : Progressive Congressman Robert Wexler discusses his new book and what liberalism means for America.
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Oh, McCain!
Flinch Studio Animation : This Schoolhouse Rock-inspired cartoon portrays John McCain's "double-talk" express.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : The Nation's Betsy Reed, Business Observer's Doug Henwood and other guests discuss whether Barack Obama can be a 'people's president'.
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The Bureaucracy of Rape
Barbara Crossette : Pressured by the Bush Administration, the United Nations issues a ringing declaration and solicits pledges that decry rape as a weapon of war. How about actually doing something?
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McCain, Obama and Russia
Stephen F. Cohen : Overshadowed by the US disaster in Iraq, Moscow's impact on our foreign policy will continue long after that war ends. Why aren't Obama and McCain addressing that?
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Fiction
Hullabaloo
Gary Phillips : This Week: As the Supreme Court rules pistols are trustworthy and convenient, Kang knows her AWOL chief of staff isn't at the beach.
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Human Ecology
Mike Davis : As human actions change the planet in irreversable ways, will human bonds suffer irreversable damage, too?
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Perversion of Justice
Emily Berman : A scathing new report confirms some of our worst fears about Bush Administration's politicization of the Justice Department.
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This Brave Nation: A Defining Moment
Brave Nation : Legendary activist Tom Hayden talks with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, about the state of the fourth branch of government.
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Crossword Classic #6
Frank W. Lewis : From the November 22, 1947, issue.
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Lieberman Must Go
Brave New Films : After his repeated attacks at Democrats and support for Republicans it's time for Lieberman to switch sides already.
Cover photograph of George Mitchell by Christopher Martin; cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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