The Devil Inside
Bob Moser : Falsehoods, fudges and outright lies have defined Ralph Reed's career. Tarnished by the Abramoff scandal, he's betting his political future on the tendency of the religious right to see no evil in its leaders.
Joseph E. Stiglitz, James K. Galbraith and others discuss the taming of global capitalism; Abner Mikva celebrates the American Constitution Society; and Joel Beinin reviews two books on the Arab-Israeli tragedy.
Articles
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Taming Global Capitalism Anew
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Thea Lee, Will Hutton, James K. Galbraith, Jeff Faux, Joel Rogers, Marcellus Andrews & Jane D'Arista : Taming global capitalism is the overriding challenge of our time. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Thea Lee, James K. Galbraith and others offer their ideas on how the United States can transform global capitalism by creating a new social contract.
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The Left Needs More Socialism
Ronald Aronson : As the bottom line is touted as the answer to every question and "liberal" has become a dirty word, it's time for the left in America to get friendly again with socialism.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Auto Recovery
: GM's struggle underscores the need to create a better social contract between workers and industry, and to invest in a world beyond the internal combustion engine.
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What's Good for GM?
Jamie Lincoln Kitman : General Motors must shoulder blame for a faulty product mix and a stubborn resistance to the idea of single-payer health insurance, which sent benefits costs soaring.
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How to Free the Press
John Nichols : The demise of Knight Ridder newspapers could result in some new media models--as the Newspaper Guild teams up with private investors to purchase twelve high-integrity newspapers now being spun off from the chain.
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ACS v. Federalists
Abner Mikva : The American Constitution Society is a new force, full of optimism and ideas that challenge the conservative agenda and promote progressive political principles.
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The Erotics of Resistance
Richard Goldstein : With spring come glimmerings of new social attitudes: The popularity of V for Vendetta proves films with a social conscience resonate; Kanye West's challenge to rap homophobia shows gangsta style is not the only option.
Reviews
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When Doves Cry
Joel Beinin : Two new books explore the Arab-Israeli tragedy: Shlomo Ben-Ami's Scars of War, Wounds of Peace and Gershom Gorenberg's The Accidental Empire.
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The Unforgettable Fire
Andrew Meier : Voices From Chernobyl is an oral history twenty years after a nuclear disaster.
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Poll Vault
Mark Sorkin : In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.
Columns
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On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy
Calvin Trillin : All the news the Veep agrees to watch is for minds that are not only closed, but locked.
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Jeu de Vivre
Patricia J. Williams : The real world is becoming more like a computer game every day. I worry that the computer itself is breeding little cyberhumans who will wander among us, sucking the humanity out of our ears.
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Prescient and Patriotic: America's Honor Roll
Eric Alterman : Here's an honor roll of people who risked their positions and/or prestige to warn the nation of the Iraq War catastrophe.
Web
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Rumsfeld Must Go
Simon Maxwell Apter : Calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are growing louder. Here is a dossier on his critics, from A to Zinni.
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TruthDig
Robert Scheer: 'Anti-Christian Conspirators' Slay DeLay
Robert Scheer : Tom DeLay claims to see a vast anti-Christian conspiracy in the legal troubles that forced him out of the House--though his own sins would seem to be sufficient explanation.
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Howl
Don't Spare the Rod
Nicholas von Hoffman : What happens when liberals lose their sex drive? American culture moves further away from secular individualism and closer to religious fundamentalism.
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¡No Más! No More!
Patrick Mulvaney : Uruguay and Argentina are cutting ties with the US Army's School of the Americas, paving the way for other Latin American countries to end a destabilizing force that only perpetuates human rights atrocities.
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Don't Blame Environmentalists for Malaria
Sonia Shah : Tina Rosenberg is wrong to argue in the New York Times that environmentalists who fought to limit the use of DDT have contributed to the worldwide spread of malaria.
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Anatomy of a Bad Law
Lauren Bans : Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could fuel the fight to challenge the law in court.
Cover art by Steve Brodner, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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