Katrina's Hidden Race War
A.C. Thompson : White vigilante justice tore through New Orleans after the storm. But no official investigation has shed light on the violence.
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Nomi Prins on the economy, Alexander Cockburn on Bernard Madoff, David Schiff on Charles Ives
Articles
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Body of Evidence
A.C. Thompson : Did New Orleans police play a role in the grisly death of Henry Glover?
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The Prophet
Ari Berman : Howard Dean's fifty-state strategy remade the Democratic Party. What comes next?
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Dumping on Detroit
: GOP lawmakers are taking aim at autoworkers but letting overpaid CEOs off the hook.
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Katrina's Untold Story
: Hysteria over looters in the storm-ravaged city had grave unintended consequences. Justice must be done.
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Throwing Good Money...
Nomi Prins : Instead of facilitating mergers, we should be reregulating the banking industry and enforcing real transparency.
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Noted.
: An award for Nation reporter Mohamad Bazzi, a detention forNation board member Richard Falk.
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Obama's Hawk
Robert Dreyfuss : When Obama needs a hammer, National Security Adviser James Jones will provide one.
Reviews
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Death at One's Elbow
Charles Taylor : Margaret Thatcher is never named in Derek Raymond's Factory novels, but her shadow falls over them.
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Ives's Ears
David Schiff : In songs, symphonies and sonatas, Charles Ives furnished America's musical past with a future.
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Between the Dead and the Living
Barry Schwabsky : A new collection of poems by Jack Spicer returns one of the great American visionaries to print.
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Partisans of Oblivion
Joshua Clover : Michèle Bernstein's Situationist novel explores a Paris hovering between Old World and New Wave.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
'A Giant Ponzi Scheme'
Alexander Cockburn : What separates Madoff's Ponzi scheme from the follies of the bailed-out banks, and how is Blagojevich's pay-to-play any different from standard political fundraising?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
'Tis the Season to Be Generous
Katha Pollitt : Ten great groups that help people who are worse off than you are.
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BENEATH THE RADAR
A Woman Against the System
Gary Younge : Extinguishing race as a meaningful category demands we get rid of the racism that gives it meaning.
Crossword
Web
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : Richard Kim and Sarah Posner on the Obama's controversial embrace of Rick Warren. Plus: Ari Berman on Howard Dean's legacy and more.
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Howl
The Fed Makes Money
Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks have stopped lending money, so the Federal Reserve is printing more. That's the wrong way to resolve our economic crisis.
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Obama's Philosophy: Play It Cool
Saturday Night Live : The president-elect's seemingly unflappable temperament gets spoofed by SNL's Fred Armisen.
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Russia Coverage: The New York Times Responds
Standards Editor Craig Whitney issued this response to questions posed by The Nation about its coverage of the Russia-Georgia conflict in South Ossetia.
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No Bailout Oversight
American News Project : Despite the fact that Congress wrote more than one hundred pages about oversight in the bailout bill, they left a gaping hole.
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Rick Warren: Obama's First Big Mistake
The Rachel Maddow Show : Obama's selection of Rick Warren as an inauguration speaker has infuriated liberals and conservatives. Here's why.
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Bush's Battle for Executive Power
American News Project : Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.
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Conyers Responds to Vigilante Revelations
A.C. Thompson : Rep. John Conyers expressed concern and a California activist group called for investigations of vigilante violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Reading in an Age of Depression
Tom Engelhardt : An editor ponders the publishing industry meltdown--and the precarious future of books.
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New Orleans: Victims and Vigilantes
The Nation Institute : Both the perpetrators and victims of violent attacks in the wake of Hurricane Katrina share their stories in vivid detail.
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