Rising to the Occasion
Barbara Ehrenreich & Bill Fletcher Jr. : The capitalists who have run things so far have forfeited all trust and respect. So what will we do now? A Nation Forum.
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John Nichols on Tom Geoghegan, Alexander Cockburn on Obama and medical marijuana, Stuart Klawans on Tokyo Sonata, Hunger and Katyn
Articles
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Follow Brazil's Example
Immanuel Wallerstein : What we want from Obama is not social transformation. We want measures to minimize the suffering of people right now.
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Together, We Save the Planet
Bill McKibben : Nation Forum: Hyper-individualism has damaged society, the planet and our private lives. We need a politics that calls us to work together.
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The Revolution Has Already Occurred
Rebecca Solnit : Nation Forum: The underlying vision isn't capitalist or socialist but something humane, local and accountable.
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Capitalism's Deadly Logic
Tariq Ali : Do not underestimate capitalism's ability to adapt and survive--at the expense of the majority it exploits.
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A Bank Bailout That Works
Joseph E. Stiglitz : Banks have polluted the economy; it's a matter of equity and efficiency that they clean it up.
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Lessons From Latin America
Benjamin Dangl : The region's social movements are a useful model for US leftists wanting to influence Obama.
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America Is #... 15?
Dalton Conley : Because of income inequality, the United States scores poorly on a new index of general well-being.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Comes the Change
Robert L. Borosage : Obama's first budget is an audacious plan to transform America. But in sad testament to how deeply we've fallen, it is not bold enough.
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Obama's Iraq Exit
: Obama's exit plan leaves unresolved the role of private security contractors and the residual force of as many as 50,000 troops that will remain in place.
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Noted.
: Max Fraser on Republic Windows & Doors, John Nichols on the FCC and on Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Loren Lynch on carbon caps
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Green Power Struggle
Christopher Hayes : An act of civil disobedience at a coal-fired generator in DC shows the movement to halt global warming is now in its second act.
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Tom Geoghegan's Run
John Nichols : Tom Geoghegan may not have prevailed at the polls, but he won the ideas primary.
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Ten Things You Can Do to Stay in Your Home
Advice and resources for preventing or fighting foreclosure.
Reviews
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A Nazi Zelig
Samuel Moyn : The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's fictive memoir of a Nazi SS officer, is intentionally sickening and an unquestionably brilliant success.
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Ceaselessly Opportuning
Barry Schwabsky : Barbara Guest's Collected Poems showcase her knack for catching sight of time in its act of escaping one's grasp.
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art
The Eye That Collects
J. Gabriel Boylan : Walker Evans's collection of picture postcards, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an artistic project in its own right.
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film
The Mutual Human Concern
Stuart Klawans : Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Steve McQueen's Hunger, Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Bobby Jindal Bombs
Calvin Trillin : Everything the GOP does these days turns to comedy.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
The Third Obama
Alexander Cockburn : Dope smokers take heart at Obama's stance on medical marijuana.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous?
Katha Pollitt : Will the skewed values of the boom years give way to a spirit of generosity toward the poor?
Crossword
Web
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Limits and Horizons
Christian Parenti : The best we can hope for is robust left Keynesianism--capitalism with a green and social democratic face.
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Jon Stewart vs. CNBC's Jim Cramer & Friends
The Daily Show : CNBC's Jim Cramer has appeared all over the NBC empire defending his financial acumen; Stewart has now rallied the power of Viacom to fight back.
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Is This the End of Capitalism?
GRIT TV : The neo-liberal order has failed. But what will replace it? David Harvey and The Nation's Alexander Cockburn on the end (or future) of capitalism?
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TruthDig
Reagan's Socialist Legacy
Robert Scheer : The deregulatory frenzies that allowed Wall Street to run wild have now come home to roost. So why is the GOP blaming Obama?
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Jamileh Ebrahimi, Educational Justice Organizer
Jamilah King : Want to improve K-12 schools in your city? Get your friends involved, says Ebrahimi.
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DC Voting Rights Debacle
Greg Kaufmann : The Democrats fail to stop a draconian gun amendment from being attached to an otherwise worthwhile bill backing representation for DC citizens.
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Economy, Ecology, Empire
John Bellamy Foster : Today's threefold crisis of capitalism may yet spark a great revolt from below.
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Howl
The Coming Economic Storm
Nicholas von Hoffman : If unemployment keeps rising and people with jobs stop spending, the atmospherics are right for a typhoon of misery on a scale of what Americans suffered in the early 1930s.
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Structural Racism and the Financial Crisis
GRIT TV : Can we transform the economy without addressing racial disparities in the United States?
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UBS: Washington's Old Friend Is Now a Foe
American News Project : After years of hiding US money in their Swiss offices, UBS faces a Senate committee made up of legislators under their payroll.
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What Is the State of Feminism Today?
GRIT TV : Staceyann Chin, Linda Martin Alcoff and Jennifer Baumgardner discuss the politics of feminism today.
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Lakhdar Brahimi: Afghanistan's Future
Barbara Crossette : In an interview with The Nation, a veteran UN envoy assesses the Obama administration's evolving policies on Afghanistan and the role President Hamid Karzai might play.
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Barack Becomes 'The Rock Obama'
Saturday Night Live : Ba 'Rock' Obama (played by Dwayne Johnson) regulates out-of-line Senate Republicans in this sketch out of Rahm Emanuel's daydream
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Rush Limbaugh's Michael Steele Trap
Saturday Night Live : Steele, with some electroshock guidance from Limbaugh, gives an interview on the GOP's new strategy.
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Be Utopian: Demand the Realistic
Robert Pollin : Neoliberal capitalism is dead. But socialism isn't ready to take its place.
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Overreacting to Obama's Budget
The Daily Show : Jon Stewart surveys the crackpot coverage of President Obama's record-breaking budget.
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An Inauguration for the Ages
Brett Story : Nation columnist Patricia Williams discusses the symbolism of Obama's election as captured by The Nation's historic cover.
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12,000 Environmental Activists Come to DC
Te-Ping Chen The country's largest and most diverse youth and student movement demanded bolder policies on climate change and plotted future actions.
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The Preemptive Martyrdom of Rove
Countdown : The Nation's DC editor Christopher Hayes on Karl Rove's impending Congressional hearing.
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Dr. Gupta, Give Me the News
Chris Mooney : Withdrawing his bid for Surgeon General, CNN's Sanjay Gupta is headed back to TV. But his medical reporting, like his nomination, is worrisome.
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Rage Is Good
Tom Hayden : Demonstrations April 4 calling Wall Street to account could help progressive populism come alive in America. Obama and Congress need the pressure.
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Slide Show: The Nation's Movies for Hard Times
Classic reviews of vintage films from our archive reflect the hardships and aspirations of Americans in the first Great Depression.
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Is There a Republican Civil War?
GRIT TV : Is their really an ideological divide in the GOP? Our media roundtable looks at the best and worst reporting of the past week with Arun Gupta, Gloria Feldt and others.
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Letter From Qatar
Clayton Swisher : Qataris meet with a visitor to ponder the world economy, the plight of the Palestinians and a new American president.
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