Junk Food Nation
Gary Ruskin & Juliet Schor : The recent conflict over what America eats is an example of how in Bush's America corporate interests trump public health.
Naomi Klein examines the roots of radical Islam, Jon Wiener and Alan Dershowitz trade letters and Stuart Klawans reviews Winter Soldier.
Articles
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Louisiana Purchase
Sharon Lerner : A program in Louisiana that was founded to discourage teens from having sex encourages them to engage in politics.
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The Strategic Class
Ari Berman : Behind Capitol Hill's Democratic war hawks stands an army of 'enablers' - foreign policy advisors, think-tank specialists and pundits.
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Oversexed
Debbie Nathan : Anti-trafficking efforts place undue emphasis on commercial sex work and downplay other forms of forced labor.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Rhetoric & Withdrawal
: As withdrawal from Iraq seems imminent, the antiwar movement must remain focused and organized.
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Roberts and Roe
Kate Michelman : Whether or not Roberts would overturn Roe, his judicial conservatism provides ample cause for concern.
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States of Disunion
JoAnn Wypijewski : In the wake of the labor split, nothing revolutionary or even progressive is discernible in this schism.
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Spectacle
Richard Goldstein : Recent movies including War of the Worlds and Land of the Dead reflect today's political landscape.
Reviews
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book
The Unexamined Life
Lee Siegel : Sean Wilsey's new memoir is a vulnerable, aching, unresolved account of growing up rich amid San Francisco's high society.
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The Twilight Zone
J. Hoberman : Though Bergelson wrote in Germany during the 1920s, his stories in Shadows of Berlin are more focused on the past apocalypse than the impending one.
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After Hours
Terry Eagleton : At Day's Close details everything that went on in the pre-industrial night, from fear to licentiousness.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
On President Bush's Recess Appointment of John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations
Calvin Trillin : The job's too vital to be left unfilled. So Bush will stiff the Senate now--and name Bolton anyhow.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The 'Stricken' President: When Down Is Up
Alexander Cockburn : Bush may be falling in the polls, but his political agenda is flourishing.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Feminists for (Fetal) Life
Katha Pollitt : Feminists for Life fails to acknowledge women as moral agents. And in that sense, they aren't feminists at all.
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LOOKOUT
Terror's Greatest Recruitment Tool
Naomi Klein : Though many blame Britain's excessive tolerance for the recent terrorist attacks, the real problem is not too much multiculturalism but too little.
Web
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Life Among the Neo-Pagans
Paul Krassner : Our reporter visits a "a magickal, psychedelic & multi-cultural" forest outing and asks, Are New Age, Old Religion believers an endangered species in Born Again America?
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Column Left
Judith Miller: Embedded Over Her Head
Robert Scheer : The jailed reporter doesn't understand that a free press depends on the ability of reporters to protect honest witnesses--not to coddle government officials.
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After Gaza: Back to Sanity?
Hillel Schenker : Ordinary Israelis have run out of tears for the former settlers of Gaza and an outbreak of political sanity may be at hand.
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When China Went Shopping
Nicholas von Hoffman : Like oil and water, Chinese capitalism and US politics just don't mix.
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Hip-Hop Voting Bloc?
Adam Howard : If everything goes according to plan, a voting bloc as influential as the religious right, but progressive, could be established.
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Preaching Justice, Slaying Demons
Max Blumenthal : As the Christian right gathered in Nashville for Justice Sunday II, they demonized their enemies and offered lukewarm praise for John G. Roberts.
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Disengagement From Peace?
Marwan Bishara : Israel's withdrawal from Gaza represents a withdrawal from the peace process. If that occurs, its nightmare in Gaza could become a West Bank reality.
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The Philosophy of Art
Natasha Degen : Arthur Danto talks about art in America, the rise of pluralism and how The Nation changed his life.
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Column Left
Bush's Blind Spot on Iran
Robert Scheer : Threatening Iran only strengthens the hand of hard-line nationalists and religious fundamentalists in Tehran.
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Teaching Sexuality
Liliana Segura : Efforts to suppress the sex ed curriculum in Maryland are working.
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Disengagement Mystery
Hillel Schenker : What are Sharon's real reasons for pulling out of Gaza? What happens next? Hillel Schenker reports from Jerusalem.
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Lobbyist for the Lost Cause
Max Blumenthal : Meet Richard Hines, GOP lobbyist, front man for weapons makers and hidden hand behind the extremist agenda of the neo-Confederate movement.
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The Cindy Factor
Bruce Shapiro : Will one woman's solitary protest become a turning point for a nation disillusioned with a President and his war?
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The Resurgence of Movement Politics
David Sirota : It's time for progressives to stop acting like losers and learn how to beat conservatives at their own game.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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