• Red Scare, Black Scare

  JoAnn Wypijewski : Sex & Sexuality

  The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.

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  Regreening Africa

  Mark Hertsgaard : Africa

  In the dry Sahel, farmers are already adapting to climate change.

• American Justice on Trial

  David Cole : Law & Justice

  To try alleged 9/11 perpetrators without handing Al Qaeda a propaganda victory, the trial must be fair beyond question.

• The Palin Effect

  Max Blumenthal : Sarah Palin

  Why Sarah Palin can't be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.

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  Where's the Clean Energy?

  Robert S. Eshelman : Clean Energy Technology

  Promising local initiatives are pointing the way forward for national policy.

• Zombie Nuke Plants

  Christian Parenti : Radioactive Waste/Contamination

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

• The China Debt Dance

  Christopher Hayes : China

  The Chinese own so much of us that they're stuck with us.

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  Slide Show: Enemies of Health Reform

  : Health Care Policy

  The Nation spotlights the senators, amendments, activists and organizations most likely to derail healthcare reform efforts.

• The Fifty-Year War

  Jonathan Schell : Vietnam War

  We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?

• Green Jobs for Recovery

  Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins : U.S. Economy

  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.

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  The Global South Bloc

  Mark Hertsgaard : Global Warming & Climate Change

  Poor countries can make big gains in climate talks if they stick together, argues Saleemul Huq.

• On CEO Lloyd Blankfein's Statement That Goldman Sachs Is 'Doing God's Work'

  Calvin Trillin : Humor

  The Lord has got an itch to see these folks filthy rich.

• The New Republic: Bad for the Jews

  Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism

  TNR's more significant sin is to weaken the bond between Israel and liberal American Jews--which is to say, most of them.

• Searching for CCS

  Holly Wren Spaulding : Global Warming & Climate Change

  Will carbon capture and sequestration help us avoid runaway climate change?

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