Thirty Years’ War in Afghanistan Thirty Years’ War in Afghanistan
Following on the heels of recent reports from British military and diplomatic circles that the war in Afghanistan can't be won, a new report from Tony Cordesman at the Center for...
Oct 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced
"Break the Glass" was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now millions have be...
Oct 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McCain and the Meltdown McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
S&Ls, Big Banks and Other Triumphs of Capitalism S&Ls, Big Banks and Other Triumphs of Capitalism
1. 'SUPPOSE YOU GO TO WASHINGTON...'
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / Robert Sherrill
Crossword Classic #21 Crossword Classic #21
From the March 6, 1948, issue.
Oct 9, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Students for Social Justice Students for Social Justice
Little Village Lawndale students celebrate World Teacher’s Day in protest against standardized testing.
Oct 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation
Jon Stewart on Obama, McCain’s ‘Word War II’ Jon Stewart on Obama, McCain’s ‘Word War II’
Barack Obama poses for the cover of a 1960s soul album, while John McCain wanders the outer reaches of the stage.
Oct 9, 2008 / The Daily Show
Is the Second Superpower of the Cold War Going Down? Is the Second Superpower of the Cold War Going Down?
In a 1998 interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, spoke proudly of how, in July 1979, he had "si...
Oct 9, 2008 / TomDispatch
Voting the Fate of the Nation Voting the Fate of the Nation
This can be a transformative election. Will economic meltdown, race or regional loyalty be the trump card?
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays Civic Virtues: Gore Vidal’s Selected Essays
A new collection of Gore Vidal's essays showcases five decades of literary and political criticism, with his mocking, disenchanted patriotism in all its eloquence.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba