More Mortgage Madness
Kai Wright : Why the home loan industry won't (and can't) fix itself.
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The Editors on Obama's next 900 days, Alexander Cockburn on hate-seekers, Calvin Trillin on Dick Cheney
Articles
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One Hat for Labor?
David Moberg : Rethinking their split four years ago, unions are exploring reunification.
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Vive la Révolution?
Marc Perelman : The far left in France is staging a comeback. But can it seize power?
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Obama's First 100 Days
: So far, there's much to be optimistic about. But the bank bailout and Afghanistan policy are cause for continued concern.
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Rights, Not Raids
Bill Ong Hing & David Bacon : Clearer rights for immigrants and jobs for workers hard-hit by the recession will go a long way to reduce competition and fear.
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Noted.
: Arlen Specter's switch; The Progressive turns 100.
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Through a Lens Starkly
JoAnn Wypijewski : A rash of teen "sexting" has turned educators and law enforcement officials into instant oglers, hunting for crimes where none are intended.
Reviews
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Dimiter Kenarov : Georgi Stoev plundered his past in the Bulgarian mob to write a series of popular pulp novels. The mob found them good enough for him to die for.
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film
Pure Cinema
Stuart Klawans : Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys, Erick Zonca's Julia, Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control.
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A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt
Howard W. French : Published fifty years ago, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart mounted a literary rebellion against the everyday amalgamations and condescension that treat Africa as an undifferentiated wasteland.
Columns
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BEAT THE DEVIL
King of the Hate Business
Alexander Cockburn : With haters on the wane, what will the hate-seekers do?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Better Living Through Torture
Katha Pollitt : I should have been a member of the torture creative class, because now I would be having a good life.
Crossword
Web
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Republicans: The Lost Party
The Daily Show : Leaders of the Republican Party recognize mistakes and eat local ethnic food in casual attire--it's like they're just like us.
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How We Cover the Economy
GRIT TV : There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?
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Tea-Bag Mastermind Becomes Party Pooper
Countdown : The Nation's Chris Hayes weighs in on the so-called tea party 'movement' and its colossal failure in the eyes of its creator.
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TruthDig
Cashing in on 'Government Sachs'
Robert Scheer : The chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank made millions off his secret purchase of Goldman Sachs stock. But where's the outrage?
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More Trouble for Nepal
Barbara Crossette : Just as tourism returns to the nascent Himalayan democracy, new political discord could derail economic recovery and a constitution.
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Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition?
Joe Uehlein : As Congress prepares legislation to slow global warming, what kind of jobs will it create?
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Fox's Extremely Misleading Editing
Media Matters for America : Fox News truncates or splices video to support its ideological slant regardless of context or speaker intent.
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The Plight of Women Soldiers
Helen Benedict : More women have fought and died in Iraq than in all the wars since World War II put together. Yet the US military continues to treat them like second class citizens.
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Why the New Torture Defense Is a Good Offense
Ari Melber : The torture immunity lobby has a new argument--public support inoculates war criminals. With that mindset, we are likely to get these policies wrong again in the future.
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Mortgage Bankers Celebrate Victory
American News Project : On the night before the Mortgage Bankers Association won the third round of this ongoing battle, the industry celebrated at the expense indebted mortgage holders.
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US Troops Told to 'Hunt People for Jesus'
Al Jazeera : Evangelicals serving in Afghanistan add spreading Christianity to list of duties in defiance of US military law.
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Jack Kemp vs. the Party of No
John Nichols : The former HUD Secretary imagined a radical Republican Party that reached out to all Americans with ideas. Too bad it didn't come to pass.
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Southpaw
Seabiscuit Meets Syriana at the Derby
Dave Zirin : In a victory for the little people, a long-shot little horse from nowhere overcomes 50 to 1 odds to win the Kentucky Derby. But wait. Look who owns part of the horse.
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Justice Souter's Jurisprudence
Aziz Huq : He has quietly and diligently mined the law to return history and humanity to the court. Obama would do well to name someone like him.
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Flawed Flu Prescription
Heather Boushey : It's easy for government to tell parents to keep their kids with flu symptoms home--but what if they can't afford to miss work?
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Ten More Things You Can Do to Oppose War in Afghanistan
Tom Hayden : Take these concrete steps to build an antiwar infrastructure from the bottom up.
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Southpaw
Jeremy Tyler, Euro-Pro
Dave Zirin & Billy Buntin : A promising young athlete causes a furor because he's leaving high school to play pro basketball. What's so wrong with that?
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Best and Worst of Obama's First 100 Days
VideoNation : A panel of Nation writers, members of Congress and community activists give their best and worst moments of Obama's first 100 days.
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