MVPs of 2009 MVPs of 2009
The author's list of the most valuable political and cultural activists and activist groups of the year.
Dec 22, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
The Great Leap The Great Leap
In the midst of a global financial crash and the climate crisis, New China enters its third act.
Dec 22, 2009 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Afghan Lobby Scam Afghan Lobby Scam
Has a major military contractor in Afghanistan created an Astroturf organization to promote long-term US engagement?
Dec 22, 2009 / Aram Roston
How to Exit Afghanistan How to Exit Afghanistan
A timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan should set the stage for the military neutralization of the country.
Dec 22, 2009 / Selig S. Harrison
Healthcare Pressure Points Healthcare Pressure Points
How do the House and Senate bills compare on affordability and enforceability?
Dec 22, 2009 / J. Lester Feder
Noted. Noted.
Sasha Chavkin on more Shell games in Nigeria; David L. Kirpon how healthcare reform will affect coverage for kids
Dec 22, 2009 / The Editors
Reality Bites Reality Bites
The problem with the Copenhagen Accord: nature does not award points for trying.
Dec 22, 2009 / The Editors
Focus on Israel Focus on Israel
A spate of new films address the human toll the Israeli-Palestinian conflict takes on both sides.
Dec 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
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We all die alone however we can, as for me I'll coil in a volcano's swooning crater or dilute myself in the path's refrains And if my heart stays till trail's end I don't see why my blood can't join the flood beneath this ark, snatching from the deluge of my human pasts, from the face each agony showed me, the cross or port's beacon we sailed from (we sought a belly in common to save us from the mass grave!) Make it so blood swamps me --better blood than brushfire! Everywhere the doe flash fire already in their eyes; these deer, they have the knack of dying lewd. (Translated from the French by Peter Thompson)
Dec 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Tchicaya u Tam’si