A Somber Anniversary
Avi Shlaim : Sixty years after the founding of the State of Israel, the long conflict with the Palestinians, and with the Arab world at large, casts a pall over Israeli life.
Danny Schechter on how cable TV fueled the financial meltdown, Alexander Cockburn on attacking Iran, a poem by Adrienne Rich
Articles
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Palestine: Liberation Deferred
Rashid Khalidi : A just resolution of the Palestine question depends on the Palestinians themselves.
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Juan Crow in Georgia
Roberto Lovato : Immigrant Latinos live under a matrix of oppressive laws, customs and institutions.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Trust the Voters
: Finally, the Democratic campaign can begin to focus on what really matters--healthcare, the economy and leaving Iraq.
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Gitmo in Disarray
Ross Tuttle : Ethical conflicts and judicial dysfunction cloud the military commissions system at Guantánamo.
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Noted.
: Longshoremen protest the war, Ken Livingstone loses London, Zephyr Teachout blogs The Nation.
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Market Media Meltdown
Danny Schechter : Financial news outlets, tethered to a mission to pump up confidence and support their advertisers, helped fuel the subprime meltdown.
Reviews
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The Counter-Family
Chris Lehmann : British author Jonathan Coe departs from grand social transformations and turns to the domestic sphere in The Rain Before It Falls.
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The Age of the Wooden Spoon
Benjamin Lytal : The radical subjectivity and reckless politics of Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun find new expression in recent English translations and editions.
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Unlovable
Arthur C. Danto : The contemporary art world, reflected in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, is themeless and heading in no identifiable direction.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Citizen Who Has Tried to Keep Informed Addresses Those Covering the 2008 Presidential Election
Calvin Trillin : From the pulpit to the polling booth.
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Comix Nation
Madame President Gets the 3am Phone Call...
Randall Enos : What would happen if Hillary Clinton got the call? "Hmmm...huh? Iran has what? Obliterate them!"
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Year of the Prisoner
Alexander Cockburn : Will Bush make America the ultimate POW by launching an attack on Iran?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Backlash Spectacular
Katha Pollitt : From campus to courtroom, longstanding gains for women are being eroded everywhere you look.
Crossword
Web
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On Not Passing Israel's 'Lynch Test'
Akiva Eldar : On the sixtieth anniversary of Israel's founding, one of the country's leading journalists reflects on history, the occupation and the duties of conscience.
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TruthDig
The Tortured Law on Torture
Robert Scheer : Those confessions elicited from Gitmo detainees are proving legally worthless--and an enduring indictment of the moral bankruptcy of George W. Bush.
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After Gitmo
Aziz Huq : America's legal and moral responsibility to innocent detainees is not more imprisonment, but a new life in the United States.
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How Similar Are Bush and McCain?
Move On.org : Think you can tell the difference between McCain and Bush? Take the Bush-McCain challenge!
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Israel's Struggle for Social Justice
Neve Gordon : Despite conflict and contradictions, what is precious and beautiful about Israel is its ongoing struggle for social justice.
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Hillary's Gift to Women
Barbara Ehrenreich : She's managed to smash the myth of innate female moral superiority.
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Earth at 350
Bill McKibben : Atmospheric CO2 has spiked to 385 parts per million. Roll that back to 350, and we may still live and thrive.
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Fiction
Memory Lane
Gary Phillips : This week's episode: Mysterious billionaire Mace Gilmore looks back and finds the future wanting.
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Making Med Schools More Diverse
America needs more minority doctors--and the government can help make it happen.
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Two Wrongs
Legislation and regulation designed to prevent another Virginia Tech shooting virtually eliminates many student rights.
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Death in Darfur
Jen Marlowe : In Darfur, even the schools are not safe, as I learned following a recent tragedy that cost six children their lives.
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HOWL
Federal Reserve Freakout
Nicholas von Hoffman : The Fed scrambles for solutions to the mortgage meltdown--but saving prudent homeowners also involves bailing out a huge number of wealthy speculators. What good is that?
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This Brave Nation: Coming Soon
Brave Nation : Take a sneak peek at the new documentary series from the Brave New Foundation and The Nation.
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The Empire Strikes Barack
Humanitainment : Can the entire narrative of the last few months of the Democratic nomination fight be found in the second Star Wars film?
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McCain's Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Brave New Films & Mother Jones : Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
Cover design and photo illustration by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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