October 3, 2005

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Feature

Visionaries Wanted

New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we’ve come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwellings for the poor.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Left Behind: Bush’s Holy War on Nature

Americans care about the environment, but the Bush Administration clearly doesn’t. Blame it on Republican ideology and the apocalyptic religious sensibilities of his political base.
Chip Ward
Bohemia’s Last Frontier

New Orleans, a city full of idiosyncrasies, must be restored for the benefit of the nation as a whole.
Curtis Wilkie
Iraqis Demand a US Withdrawal

Sources on the ground in Iraq say that serious moves toward a pullout will dry up recruitment efforts for jihadi groups.
David Enders
The War for Latinos

In the face of unprecedented manpower problems, the Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to target young Latinos for military recruitment.
Roberto Lovato
Winning the Peace

Antiwar Democrats in Washington are facing a moment of truth: Now is the time to raise the volume on the previously taboo discussion of a real exit strategy from Iraq.
John Nichols

Editorial

Fear Itself

Some people are scaring themselves about the wrong things in ways that are doing terrorists’ work for them. Here’s one physician’s prescription for bringing irrational fears under control.
Dr. Marc Siegel
Prelude to an Exit Strategy

As a handful of maverick lawmakers hold unofficial hearings on an Iraq exit strategy, how long will it take Democrats and Republicans on the Hill to recognize the growing distaste for this war?
Ari Berman
NYU’s Poison Ivy Itch

When one of New York’s biggest and most liberal institutions gets into the business of union-busting, it’s hardly an internal matter.
Andrew Ross
Bread, Roses and the Flood

The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration’s failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.
Eric Foner
Class-ifying the Hurricane

What happened in New Orleans is an extreme and criminally tragic consequence of the belief that cutting public spending makes for a better society.
Adolph Reed Jr.
A ‘New’ New Deal

The reconstruction of New Orleans could set the stage for a comprehensive legislative initiative akin to the New Deal.
William Greider
Our Two Gulf Crises

Our strategy ought not to be to fight every prospective terrorist to the death in Iraq, but to deny them the cause that has swollen their ranks–our continuing presence there.
The Editors
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Column

Bush Finally Sees Poor People

It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush’s watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing field?
Robert Scheer
Intelligible Design

Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true.
Katha Pollitt
Levee Town

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast’s levees, but Bush wouldn’t let them be.
Alexander Cockburn
Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, ‘Brownie, You’re Doing a Heckuva Job.’

Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Visionaries Wanted

New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we’ve come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwellings for the poor.
Nicholas von Hoffman
New World Symphony

Joseph Horowitz diligently lays out the immense problems that face American classical music today, and his warnings cannot go unheeded.
Russell Platt
Barbara Ehrenreich’s White Collar Blues

Barbara Ehrenreich probes a deeper level of white-collar angst: people who lose or quit their corporate jobs and routinely spend months, even years, finding another.
Michael Kazin
Rushdie’s Receding Talent

It has almost become a sadness to review a novel by Salman Rushdie. Shalimar the Clown is no exception.
Lee Siegel
Zadie Smith’s Indecision

It can’t be easy to rein in a writer as successful as Zadie Smith. Her new novel, On Beauty, proves it’s almost impossible.
William Deresiewicz
Levee Town

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast’s levees, but Bush wouldn’t let them be.
Alexander Cockburn
Bread, Roses and the Flood

The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration’s failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.
Eric Foner
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October 3, 2005

Feature

New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we’ve come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwellings for the poor.

Americans care about the environment, but the Bush Administration clearly doesn’t. Blame it on Republican ideology and the apocalyptic religious sensibilities of his political base.

New Orleans, a city full of idiosyncrasies, must be restored for the benefit of the nation as a whole.

Sources on the ground in Iraq say that serious moves toward a pullout will dry up recruitment efforts for jihadi groups.

In the face of unprecedented manpower problems, the Pentagon is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to target young Latinos for military recruitment.

Antiwar Democrats in Washington are facing a moment of truth: Now is the time to raise the volume on the previously taboo discussion of a real exit strategy from Iraq.

Editorial

Some people are scaring themselves about the wrong things in ways that are doing terrorists’ work for them. Here’s one physician’s prescription for bringing irrational fears under control.

As a handful of maverick lawmakers hold unofficial hearings on an Iraq exit strategy, how long will it take Democrats and Republicans on the Hill to recognize the growing distaste for this war?

When one of New York’s biggest and most liberal institutions gets into the business of union-busting, it’s hardly an internal matter.

The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration’s failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.

What happened in New Orleans is an extreme and criminally tragic consequence of the belief that cutting public spending makes for a better society.

The reconstruction of New Orleans could set the stage for a comprehensive legislative initiative akin to the New Deal.

Our strategy ought not to be to fight every prospective terrorist to the death in Iraq, but to deny them the cause that has swollen their ranks–our continuing presence there.

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Column

It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush’s watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing field?

Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true.

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast’s levees, but Bush wouldn’t let them be.

Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.

Books & the Arts

New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we’ve come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwellings for the poor.

Joseph Horowitz diligently lays out the immense problems that face American classical music today, and his warnings cannot go unheeded.

Barbara Ehrenreich probes a deeper level of white-collar angst: people who lose or quit their corporate jobs and routinely spend months, even years, finding another.

It has almost become a sadness to review a novel by Salman Rushdie. Shalimar the Clown is no exception.

It can’t be easy to rein in a writer as successful as Zadie Smith. Her new novel, On Beauty, proves it’s almost impossible.

There are decades of memos from engineers and contractors setting forth budgets to build up the Gulf Coast’s levees, but Bush wouldn’t let them be.

The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration’s failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

New York City