• Looking Back on 2010

  Jamie Malanowski : Humor

  How well do you remember the events that shook up--and let down--America in 2010?

• Feature

  

  Slide Show: 2009 in The Nation

  : Politics

  It was a year of struggle and change, heartbreak and promise. Here we've gathered our highest and lowest moments in 2009.

• Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges in Iraq Massacre

  Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater

  A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in September 2007.

• What's Next for Healthcare Reform?

  Lindsay Beyerstein : Health Care Policy

  Despite the Senate compromises, there's still a lot to like in the healthcare reform bill. But will it survive reconciliation?

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  MVPs of 2009

  John Nichols : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

  The author's list of the most valuable political and cultural activists and activist groups of the year.

• The Global War on Stealth Underwear

  Robert Scheer : Terrorism

  There is no "war" against terrorism. Not if by war one means doing the obvious and checking a highly suspicious air traveler's underwear to see if explosives have been sewn in.

• Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On

  J. Lester Feder : Health Care Policy

  Before the healthcare reform bill reaches President Obama's desk, here are the issues that are still worth fighting on to ensure reform helps as many Americans as possible.

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  Back Talk: David Levine

  Christine Smallwood : Back Talk

  The longtime New York Review of Books illustrator discusses the delicate art of political cartooning.

• Lester 'Red' Rodney: 1911-2009

  Dave Zirin : Sports

  The "Press Box Red" was a top sports writer who led the first sustained campaign to integrate Major League Baseball.

• Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010

  Tom Engelhardt : Afghanistan

  From the point of view of peace or de-escalation, 2010 will be a year of no significance.

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  The Great Leap

  Christopher Hayes : China

  In the midst of a global financial crash and the climate crisis, New China enters its third act.

• America's Secret ICE Castles

  Jacqueline Stevens : Immigrant Detention Centers

  Immigration agents are holding US residents in unlisted and unmarked subfield offices.

• Focus on Israel

  Eric Alterman : Israel

  A spate of new films address the human toll the Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes on both sides.

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  Afghan Lobby Scam

  Aram Roston : Afghanistan War

  Has a major military contractor in Afghanistan created an Astroturf organization to promote long-term US engagement?

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