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What’s Daddy’s Roommate Doing in Wasilla? What’s Daddy’s Roommate Doing in Wasilla?

Sarah Palin's self-appointed role as censor of her local public library takes center stage as librarians observe Banned Book Week.

Sep 18, 2008 / Nancy Kranich

Mandarins, Guns and Money: Academics and the Cold War Mandarins, Guns and Money: Academics and the Cold War

Four authors examine the evolution of the social sciences and how academic theorizing impacted global affairs before and after Vietnam.

Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower

Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths

Elizabeth Pisani and Jonny Steinberg explore antipodal aspects of the fight against AIDS.

Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein

Reviews: ‘Burn After Reading,’ ‘Moving Midway’ Reviews: ‘Burn After Reading,’ ‘Moving Midway’

The Coen brothers' dark comedy and Godfrey Cheshire's story of plantation life.

Sep 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Global Warming and Modern Capitalism Global Warming and Modern Capitalism

Environmentalists must learn to join forces with other agents of change.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / James Gustave Speth

Why Has John McCain Blocked Info on MIAs? Why Has John McCain Blocked Info on MIAs?

The war hero has long sought to bury information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / Sydney H. Schanberg

In Arizona, Illegal Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges In Arizona, Illegal Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges

Massive workplace raids are part of a pressure campaign for guest-worker programs.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / David Bacon

Foreign Policy Myths Debunked Foreign Policy Myths Debunked

The Editors Here's what's really at stake in this election, for America and the world.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / The Nation

Haiti’s Unnatural Disaster Haiti’s Unnatural Disaster

Haiti has been beaten down by storms and abandoned by its neighbors, and its suffering will only increase unless the world community responds.

Sep 18, 2008 / Paul Farmer

Noted. Noted.

Tricky Dick Cheney, Canada Greens, the truth about the Rosenberg trial

Sep 18, 2008 / The Editors

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