Class Struggle in the New China
Christian Parenti : Across China there is a rising rural and urban class struggle as the economy moves from Maoist socialism to a strange type of quasi-Maoist capitalism.
John Nichols on the Veepstakes, Jonathan Schell and Martin J. Sherman on Israel and Iran, Calvin Trillin on Obama's trip abroad
Articles
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Economic Free Fall
William Greider : We are flirting with catastrophe, and our foreign creditors are part of the story.
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Mad for Rachel Maddow
Rebecca Traister : The Air America host is this election season's breakout star.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Change We Can Believe In
Progressive supporters of Barack Obama urge him to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in the primary. Add your name to this open letter.
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Rethinking the Veepstakes
John Nichols : The process of picking a Vice President needn't be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
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Olympic Trials
Dave Zirin : If China's leaders believe they've released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.
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Noted.
: Naomi Sobel on efforts to improve conditions at the notorious Postville, Iowa kosher slaughterhouse; Nation correspondents on Obama's world tour.
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Israel, Iran and the Bomb
Jonathan Schell & Martin J. Sherwin : Israel and the Mideast are approaching a stark choice: nuclear holocaust or a nuclear-free region.
Reviews
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What Lies Beneath
Adina Hoffman : The race for "Jewish" bedrock has turned a Jerusalem slum's archaeological riches into an existential threat.
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Love and Unhappiness
David Yaffe : Elvis Costello's new album is a worthy addition to his seemingly endless catalog of beauty and bile.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
What the McCain Campaign Seems To Be Saying About Obama's Recently Concluded Trip Abroad
Calvin Trillin : It's a race to the bottom of world opinion.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Who Wants Yesterday's Papers?
Alexander Cockburn : Collapse of the old world information order.
Crossword
Web
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The War We Don't Know
Mark Ames : Up until now, the war between Russia and Georgia was framed as a simple tale of David versus Goliath. In fact, it is far more complex than this, morally and historically.
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Bush Declares America Has No Problems
YouTube : President Bush blows and Bob Costas shines during a revealing interview at the Beijing Olympics.
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Georgia War: A Neocon Election Ploy?
Robert Scheer : Connecting the dots between Georgia's confrontation with Putin and the presidential ambitions of John McCain.
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Illusions of Victory
Andrew J. Bacevich : The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.
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HOWL
The Politics of Pandering
Nicholas von Hoffman : Until they come up with real solutions to our current economic crisis, Obama and McCain should stop trying to buy votes with fuel rebates.
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When Pastors Go Postal
Barbara Ehrenreich : The case against Victoria Osteen embodies the narcissism of those who preach the Gospel of prosperity.
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Music's Measures
Brian Morton : A jazz writer pays tribute to his longtime collaborator on The Penguin Guide to Jazz.
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Dispatch From Georgia
Margarita Akhvlediani : As Russian troops occupy city after city in Georgia, the feeling here that the government has overestimated how much support it will receive from the West.
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Hollywood's Baby Boom
Meredith Blake : As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Betsy Reed, Amy Alexander, Chris Hayes and Michael Tomasky debate the legacy of the media's 2008 election coverage.
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I Am the Library
Audrey Sprenger : In advance of the Democratic convention, the people of Denver speak out on behalf of their city's public library.
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The Tragedy of Ehud Olmert
Hillel Schenker : The fall of Ehud Olmert is a tragedy for Israel and the world--squandering a genuine opportunity for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab relations.
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Fiction
The Bruja
Gary Phillips : This Week: Dieter Countryman would like to do some enhanced interrogating, while Congresswoman Kang drops in to get in the groove with a witchy woman.
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Globe Trotting
International volunteer organizations may do a lot of good, but they also have problems that need to be addressed.
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Getting Georgia's War On
Mark Ames : Russia's war in Georgia excites John McCain and the same neocons who led us into earlier disasters.
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Obama: McCain Camp Is 'Proud to Be Ignorant'
YouTube : Barack Obama responds to McCain's energy policy smears in no uncertain terms.
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John McCain is Dazed and Confused
Talking Points Memo : Here's a comprehensive condemnation of John McCain's fitness to lead in less than six minutes.
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Beyond Beijing: China's Toughest Competition
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom & Kate Merkel-Hess : How will the Olympics play in the Chinese equivalent of Peoria, among a populace skeptical of the government's intent and eager to tout their own economic clout?
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Ali G Takes on the Olympics
Funny or Die : Big up yourselves! In this clip, Ali G keeps it real with John Naber, US Olympians President. Respect!
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Send Bill O'Reilly Back to School
Brave New Films : O'Reilly's bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school.
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Evil Dictator Awards
The Daily Show : Lewis Black holds an awards ceremony for some of the most evil dictatorships in the world.
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Paris/Britney Campaign Blowback
Annabelle Gurwitch : John McCain got more than he expected, with an ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton. The blowback is just beginning.
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Does GOP Stand for Grampa's Old Politicians?
Andy Kroll : The future of the Republican brand rests in the text message happy hands of young America--which should scare the living daylights out of John McCain.
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Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in Bush's Washington
Thomas Frank : The Bush Administration has simultaneously destroyed a government, left us in the lurch and yet managed to enrich itself.
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Solzhenitsyn's Life and Our Times
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Despite the controversies he aroused in the West and in Russia, Solzhenitsyn remains above all else a writer who bore witness to Soviet society's long-censored suffering.
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TruthDig
Anthrax Killer: The Enemy Was Us
Robert Scheer : Our default defense is to blame the deranged outsider, but in this case, one of our own was to blame.
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Comic Book Fans Go to the Polls
Barely Political : Americans channeling their favorite superheroes and villains weigh in on who their political heroes will be in this year's election and why.
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Bush's Time Horizon in Iraq
Allen McDuffee : Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical sense.
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Moral Compass
A Magic Moment for America
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson : The nomination of Barack Obama--so able intellectually, morally and spiritually--marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect union, a more peaceful world.
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Burgers or Biofuel?
Frances Cerra Whittelsey : Biofuels have become the new villain in the climate change and food crisis debate. But America's consumption of meat is a bigger part of the problem than the cars and trucks we drive.
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Southpaw
Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg
Dave Zirin : You can tell right away that Goldberg didn't read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.
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Oil Addiction: How Did We Get Here?
GOOD Magazine : This animated video finally answers the question: 'How did oil get so expensive?'
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Jon Stewart Mocks McCain's Madness
The Daily Show : John McCain receives a special award for an attack ad that reaches a new hypocritical low.
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RadioNation With Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Should President Bush be tried as a war criminal? An interview with Vincent Bugliosi. Plus: Bob Moser on Democrats and the South.
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A Devil's Dictionary of Politics
Nicholas von Hoffman : With millions of first time-voters expected to go to the polls in November, never has an insane political system been more in need of explanation. You won't find much help here.
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Howl
Obama's Challenge to America's Parents
Nicholas von Hoffman : He has taken black parents to task for failing to inspire their children; it's a message that needs to be addressed to white America as well.
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When McCain Attacks...
Brave New Films : Help end McCain's campaign of dishonesty. Sign a petition to compel McCain to disavow his Obama attack ad and yank it from the air.
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Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation
Mohammed Omer : A Palestinian journalist's life and work shed light on the violence in Israel's "dual" society.
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The Disasterplex
Stuart Klawans : Superstars and superheroes fight and flounder through Hollywood's season of wanton destruction.
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Crossword Classic #12
Frank W. Lewis : From the January 3, 1948, issue.
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Crossword Classic #11
Frank W. Lewis : From the December 27, 1947, issue.
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