The One-Eyed Chairman
William Greider : When the adulation fades, Alan Greenspan will be recognized as a right-wing ideologue and the most politicized Fed chairman in history.
Annette Fuentes examines the way school privatization evades accountability, Cristina Nehring explodes the myth of the orgasm and Arthur C. Danto celebrates Robert Smithson's majestic earthwork, Spiral Jetty.
Articles
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Failing Students, Rising Profits
Annette Fuentes : The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don't want--and it makes millions.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Roberts, Without Illusions
: As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He's ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.
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Spying on the Protesters
John S. Friedman : It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
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Messing With Mother Nature
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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Letter From Ground Zero
Honor Their Sacrifice
Jonathan Schell : Mounting American casualties alone cannot turn us away from this ill-advised war. Democrats and anti-war advocates should let words and peaceful actions speak, instead of guns and corpses.
Reviews
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Optimism of the Will
Mike Davis : The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.
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Requiem for a Dream
David L. Ulin : Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
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Good Vibrations
Cristina Nehring : Orgasms used to be a secret, then they became a right. Now they're a duty.
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The American Sublime
Arthur C. Danto : Robert Smithson's epic earthwork, Spiral Jetty tends to render critics speechless.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
A Robertson Republican
Calvin Trillin : Bush's paean to his staunchest ally's murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Bush's War: The Levees Are Giving Way
Alexander Cockburn : The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn't know what lie to put out next.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Theocracy Lite
Katha Pollitt : How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
Web
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A Guide to Grassroots Charities
Adam Howard : Send your relief donations to charities whose values you can trust. Here's a list of resources.
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Grassroots Charities Need Your Help
Katha Pollitt : Progressive, grassroots charities on the Gulf Coast are poised to help hurricane victims. Here's a list of groups that need your donations.
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Pat Robertson's Katrina Cash
Max Blumenthal : Pat Robertson's shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA's list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.
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The Power of Outrage
Eric Foner : A nation's conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.
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Kanye West, Unplugged
Adam Howard : NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
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Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch
Michael T. Klare : Beyond the human suffering, Katrina's sucker punch will be felt in America's increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.
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Column Left
The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed
Robert Scheer : The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.
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In Rehnquist's Footsteps
Bruce Shapiro : The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
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To Return and Rise Again
Brenda Marie Osbey : Louisiana's poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans's displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.
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Living Like a Refugee
Michael Tisserand : Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.
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music
Tramps Like Us
Eric Alterman : Thirty summers ago, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run exploded the cynicism and complacency of a morally exhausted era and gave a new generation reason to believe in rock and roll.
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