Can China's Wind Power Save the Planet?

• Zombie Nuke Plants

  Radioactive Waste/Contamination

  Christian Parenti: Our crumbling atomic power stations and the government agency that loves them.

• Green Jobs for Recovery

  U.S. Economy

  Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.

• Huge Hurdles to Nuclear and Energy Reform

  Nuclear Arms & Proliferation

  Barbara Crossette: At the UN this week, Barack Obama told the world to stop complaining about US hegemony and start working with Washington on big global problems. He should take his own advice.

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• Can China's Wind Save the World?

  Energy

  Brett Story: The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.

• 'Drop the Rock': Repeal Unfair Drug Laws

  Drug Policy/Drug War

  Brett Story: The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.

• Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown

  U.S. Economy

  Brett Story: Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.