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October 5, 2009 Issue

Karen Rothmyer on the 1960 African "airlift" to America, John Nichols on the G-20 summit, and Calvin Trillin on the anniversary of…

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Editorial

The African Airlift

The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.

Hold Ashcroft Accountable

The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.

The World and Pittsburgh

At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.

Noted.

Norwegians vote for "social-democratic paradise;" Rep. Joe Wilson's lie turns lucrative; why are all the taxpayers at the 9/12 march white?

Column

Kristof’s Challenge

If women's equality is the cause of our time, we'll get further by acknowledging it's a challenge no country has fully met than by framing it as a Western crusade.

Letters

Feature

At the UN, Obama Moves In

This week's UN General Assembly session will be memorable not so much for what is said by the lineup of world leaders as for the sustained involvement of one of them: Barack Obama.

Meet the Afghan Army

Whatever the debate in Washington, Congressional and military scenarios for training a vast Afghan Army will never come true.

Books & the Arts

The African Airlift

The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.

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