Robert S. Eshelman: The most important international summit in history? Given what latest scientific reports tell us about the quickening pace of global warming, the sense of urgency driving attention to the Copenhagen summit is warranted.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell: We demonstrate a serious empathy deficit when the life experiences of our fellow citizens are easily ignored by the institutions we commonly share.
David Wallace-Wells: A 9/11 story modeled on Jane Eyre, A Gate at the Stairs is Lorrie Moore's most ambitious novel, and her slipperiest work to date.
Michael Shank : Afghanistan War
A trip to Afghanistan reveals the extent of Washington's disconnect from the reality on the ground.
Mike Dolan : Global Justice Movement
The "Seattle coalition" for fair trade has suffered some setbacks, but on the whole we have filled the political space we created in the tear gas and drizzle a decade ago.
Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater
Did Blackwater's owner speak to Vanity Fair to send a message to the Justice Department about the government secrets he could reveal?
Tom Engelhardt : Afghanistan War
How Obama's Afghan speech turned the Commander-in-Chief into the Commanded-and-Chief.
Dave Zirin : Sports
When the golfer makes deals with dictatorships and unaccountable corporations, all in the name of his billion-dollar brand, he deserves no privacy.
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Are universities the last hope for a home for quality journalism?
Katha Pollitt : Sarah Palin
We can't stop looking at our first female political train wreck.
Lori Wallach : Global Justice Movement
A decade after Seattle, there is no WTO expansion. But there is also no WTO turnaround.
Stuart Klawans : Film Reviews
Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, Jason Reitman's Up in the Air and Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces.
Greg Palast : Globalization
Globalization advocates must realize that they're dealing with a new world.
Alexandra Schwartz : Fiction
For Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, the fantastical is always found in the startling, dark and unfathomable episodes of daily life.
John Nichols : Global Justice Movement
In dozens of recent Congressional contests, fair traders have replaced free traders.
Calvin Trillin : Humor
Here's something that will make you sigh.
Aram Roston : Afghanistan War
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops
Change Comes to BarackObama.com
Ari Melber
On the New York Senate Marriage Equality Vote
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
Poll: Young People Back Obama, Disapprove of His Major Policies
Ari Melber
The Perils of Managerialism | Democratic senators are proud they blocked a GOP move to restore Medicare funding. That's not really something to celebrate.
John Nichols
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Slacker Friday | Apparently, many people are willing to accept bad policy as long as it comes with a measure of reflection deeper than that you'd find in the ball-pit at Chuck E. Cheese.
Eric Alterman
Fire Gates! | Getting rid of the Republican hawk at the Pentagon is a crucial step toward turning around US policy in Afghanistan.
Robert Dreyfuss
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It's NOT Such a Wonderful Life | With apologies to Frank Capra.
Peter Rothberg
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After the Summit Ends | It's Jobs Summit Day at the White House, and here's hoping it creates real momentum for a bold jobs bill that the people of this nation desperately need.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Rick Warren's homosexuality double standard; UCLA students versus tuition hikes; a preview of upcoming Copenhagen coverage.
Jeffrey Haas
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We must remain vigilant against government crimes and secrecy.
December 8, 2009
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David Wallace-Wells : A 9/11 story modeled on Jane Eyre, A Gate at the Stairs is Lorrie Moore's most ambitious novel, and her slipperiest work to date.
Stuart Klawans
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Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, Jason Reitman's Up in the Air and Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces.
Alexandra Schwartz : For Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, the fantastical is always found in the startling, dark and unfathomable episodes of daily life.
Andrew Rice : Nelson Mandela was a patriarch, Thabo Mbeki a princeling. Jacob Zuma, South Africa's new president, is purely a politician.
José Manuel Prieto : A Cuban novelist reflects on the consequences of his country's revolution.
Ange Mlinko : The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke fuses lament and praise, and mingles amazement about sheer existence with mystery and terror.
Natasha Wimmer : Horacio Castellanos Moya has turned anxiety into an art form and put El Salvador on the literary map.
Jochen Hellbeck
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Stephen F. Cohen's Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives surveys a political landscape of reform, struggle and reconciliation.
Laila Lalami : Alarmist tracts about immigration in Europe are debates about Muslims--not with them.
Samuel Moyn : In their discussions of justice, Michael Sandel and Amartya Sen endorse communal good but slight collective endeavor.
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