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October 13, 2008 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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Editorial
Column
Letters
Feature
Main Street Marches on Wall Street
As economic turmoil continues over the proposed bailout plan, activists put pressure on Congress.
We Have the Bailout Money–We’re Spending It on War
If we don't reduce military spending now, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. We don't have much time left.
Books & the Arts
Spectacular Wrongs: Gary Bass’s ‘Freedom’s Battle’
A new history celebrates the nineteenth-century roots of humanitarian intervention and glosses over their imperial pretensions.