A Global Recovery for a Global Recession
Joseph E. Stiglitz : Restructure the world's economy to ensure a more stable and shared prosperity.
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William Greider on financial reform, Calvin Trillin on adultery, Stuart Klawans on Beaches of Agnès and Afghan Star
Articles
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What's Right With Utah
Lisa Duggan : In the nation's reddest state, Salt Lake City queers are making big love.
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Our Jobless Recovery
Leo Hindery Jr. & Leo W. Gerard : The solution to the jobs crisis depends on manufacturing and trade policy reform.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Obama's Stonewall
Richard Kim : Since Obama traced his dazzling arc to the presidency, his stance on gay rights has become murkier, and more Clintonian.
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Iran's New Revolutionaries
Babak Sarfaraz : At the heart of the Green Wave sweeping Iran are the fearless young men and women who have few illusions about the complexity of the reforms they seek.
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Noted.
: Sebastian Jones on healthcare reform, Nisa Qazi on refugees in Pakistan, John Nichols on NOW's Kim Gandy
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Bucking the Banks
Christopher Hayes : How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?
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Obama's False Reform
William Greider : Congress should step up its investigations of the roots of the financial crisis and slow down the rush to weak solutions--especially the empowerment of the Federal Reserve.
Reviews
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Iron Hans
Benjamin Lytal : Novelist Hans Fallada resented the constraints of the Nazi era but did not desist in his craft.
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Mahler's Body
David Schiff : Gustav Mahler's embrace of Germanness and battles with anti-Semitism.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
On a Confession of Adultery by Senator John Ensign
Calvin Trillin : Another creepy GOP sex scandal.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Twittergasms
Alexander Cockburn : Why is it easier to raise 3 million tweets for demonstrations in Iran than to twit about Obama's sellouts at home?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
Muslim Women's Rights, Continued
Katha Pollitt : The massive participation by women in Iran's street demonstrations is surprising only if you accept the mullahs' view of women as weak and passive vessels.
Crossword
Web
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Alex Sanchez Denied Bail
Tom Hayden : A federal magistrate denied Alex Sanchez bail in his gang conspiracy trial, but the prosecution entered a surprisingly "weak" case, according to defense counsel.
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Refusing to Comply
Dahr Jamail : The ongoing dissent that does exist in the US military, however fragmented and overlooked at the moment, should not be discounted.
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Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
GRIT TV : Stephen Cohen, a professor of Russian History at New York University weighs in on the future of US-Russian relations.
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Saving Troy Davis
Benjamin Jealous : The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.
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Is Immigration Reform Dead Or Alive?
GRIT TV : Is there still hope for serious immigration reform under President Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on where the movement stands.
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Progressives and the LGBT Movement
GRIT TV : The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
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Sarah Palin: The Last Elephant Standing?
The Rachel Maddow Show : The Nation's Chris Hayes reflects on the diminishing prospects of a Republican return to the White House in 2012.
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TruthDig
The Root of Madoff's Evil
Robert Scheer : Congress should not be fooled by the argument of Wall Street lobbyists that Bernard Madoff was a lone rotten apple now safely discarded.
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Democracy Derailed in Honduras
Greg Grandin : The military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya has drawn strong condemnation from President Obama and the world. But will the US government offer its unconditional support for his return to power?
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Honduras Crisis Forces Obama's Hand
Tom Hayden : The military coup in Honduras puts pressure on the president to break sharply with past American policies or risk losing remains of Latin America's goodwill.
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The Short of It
With Mercy for the Greedy
Ange Mlinko : Why do Frederick Seidel's champions consistently transform his weaknesses into virtues?
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Alex Sanchez's Arrest
Tom Hayden : The indictment of Alex Sanchez, a revered gangbanger-turned-peacemaker, raises doubts about the LAPD and whether it should be released from a federal court order.
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Gay Rights Beyond Marriage & Military
Democracy Now : Nation contributor Lisa Duggan reflects on the state of the gay rights movement, forty years after Stonewall.
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Israel's Man of Conscience
Ezra Nawi : The author is going to prison--for peacefully resisting settler and army violence against West Bank Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land.
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The Bagua Movement
Kelly Hearn : Indigenous activists in Peru are challenging their government and its partners in the biofuels industry--and winning.
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Ecuador President's Bold Economic Plan
Barbara Crossette : Rafael Correa came to the United Nations this week armed with the usual anti-US rhetoric--but also with a plan for Latin American economic empowerment.
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Southpaw
DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout
Dave Zirin : Who will be the next to die because our cities spend money on sports stadiums instead of basic infrastructure?
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Slide Show: The Nation's Presidents
As we celebrate this country's birth, here is a look back at the leaders who have shaped our times, from Lincoln to Obama.
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Waste Behind Bars
Ari Melber : Will the recession bring the justice-system reforms that progressives have long supported?
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Should the US Military be the Global Cop?
VideoNation : In part two of a three-part series, Chris Hayes of The Nation debates Reihan Salam of the National Review over the proper role of the US military in the world.
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