Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger
Eat less meat, conserve energy, buy fair-trade products, support sustainable agriculture, advocate for food security as a human right...
May 13, 2009 / The Nation
Lax Little Islands Lax Little Islands
Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats--prosecuting them as criminals and requiring full payment, with penalties and interest.
May 13, 2009 / David Cay Johnston
Noted. Noted.
The paper industry's tax loophole; healthcare reform protesters under arrest; apartheid victims' day in court; a Hillman award for The Nation.
May 13, 2009 / The Editors
The More Things Change The More Things Change
Wall Street's pervasive influence on Obama's change agenda props up banks, while the real economy continues to suffer.
May 13, 2009 / Jeff Faux
Coming Up Thorns Coming Up Thorns
Premature optimism about the economy could swiftly undermine the president's credibility. Stand by, taxpayers: there may be more rescues ahead.
May 13, 2009 / The Editors
Unnatural Born Killer Unnatural Born Killer
A Wesleyan student is stalked and killed by a man with a gun and a mind full of hate.
May 13, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Who Needs Yesterday’s Papers? Who Needs Yesterday’s Papers?
Weep not for the death of the old Fourth Estate: at almost every critical hour, in every decade, it failed us.
May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight
His new role can only mean an intensified campaign of secret--and dirty--warfare in the remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Dirt Dogs and Jinegar: Baseball’s Slang Dirt Dogs and Jinegar: Baseball’s Slang
The richness of baseball's old, weird vernacular is pure, pointless creativity.
May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
Last Man Standing: On Clint Eastwood Last Man Standing: On Clint Eastwood
A callous vigilante and sentimental old fogy, Clint Eastwood has become indivisible from his myth.
May 13, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb