April 13, 2009 Issue

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Feature

‘We Can’t Remake Afghanistan’

Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power, weighs in on how President Obama failed to consider the containment option in Afghanistan.
Russ Hoyle
I Love Bill Moyers, but He’s Wrong About Socialism

Finally there is an audience willing to listen, albeit warily, to a challenge to capitalism.
Joanne Landy
Socialists, Out and Proud

It’s time to come out of our political closets and say openly that another world is not only possible but necessary.
Dave Zirin
Higher Education Takes a Hit

As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.
Gabriel Arana
US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats

In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.
Barbara Crossette
Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?

How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Tara Lohan
Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions

Dispatches from Nation readers who are making the most of difficult times.
Our Readers
The Great Afghan Bailout

As with AIG, the American people could end up ‘owning’ 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever ‘nationalizing’ it.
Tom Engelhardt
Taking Up the Task

Our goal should be a classless economy that eliminates the division between the coordinator class and the working class.
Michael Albert
The President’s Never-Ending Virtual Town Hall

President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.
Ari Melber
Global Labor’s G-20 Agenda

As financial leaders assemble in London, the international labor movement offers a vision for a new global economy.
Max Fraser
Militant Minorities

The task of socialists today is to build and support such militant minorities so that tomorrow we can set larger groups into motion.
Dan La Botz
Mo(u)rning in El Salvador

Shaking off the legacy of dictatorship, the people elect the FMLN’s Mauricio Funes.
Roberto Lovato
The Dirt on Clean Coal

The coal industry presents itself as committed to sustainability–but is it?
Ari Berman
‘Tell Her the Truth’

On Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.
Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon

Editorial

Trust Your Guts

Wall Street reforms may further consolidate power and ratify a corporate state that combines the worst aspects of socialism and capitalism.
William Greider
Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama

Thirty years after the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, the real nuclear power threat is the relicensing of old plants.
Christian Parenti
Don’t Go There Mr. President!

Sending 17,000 or 21,000 more US troops to Afghanistan will not protect Americans against Al Qaeda attacks
Tom Hayden
Noted.

Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association’s “game changer”; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation.
The Editors
Experts of the World Unite

Despite Obama’s inaugural call for a New Era of Responsibility, the old cynicism threatens a comeback.
Chris Hayes
Geithnerism Must Go

In the end, the treasury secretary’s fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed.
The Editors
A ‘Stolen’ Education

An inner-city mother jailed for sending her kids to a suburban school district? This belongs to a past we’d do best to leave behind.
Susan Eaton
Fair Elections Now!

The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.
Nick Nyhart and David Donnelly
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Column

In for a Penny, In for $2.98 Trillion

The money involved in the auto bailout is chump change compared with what Wall Street got, and it is far better spent.
Robert Scheer
Bonus Outrage: Class Struggle or Class Envy?

Imagine, if you will, a white-collar CEO version of the TV show Cops. Roll cameras. Send up the chopper.
Gary Younge
Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe…

It’s a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.
Eric Alterman
On the Marketing of Yankee Grass

Exactly what is fertilizing this super sod?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Bridging It

With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
K. Leander Williams
The One Oval Window

Jennifer Kronovet
Green Acres: Lost in the Amazon

Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.
Greg Grandin
Back Talk: Michelle Goldberg

Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues.
Christine Smallwood
The Wait: On Vladimir Sorokin

Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.
Elaine Blair
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April 13, 2009 Issue

Feature

Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power, weighs in on how President Obama failed to consider the containment option in Afghanistan.

Finally there is an audience willing to listen, albeit warily, to a challenge to capitalism.

It’s time to come out of our political closets and say openly that another world is not only possible but necessary.

As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.

In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.

How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.

Dispatches from Nation readers who are making the most of difficult times.

As with AIG, the American people could end up ‘owning’ 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever ‘nationalizing’ it.

Our goal should be a classless economy that eliminates the division between the coordinator class and the working class.

President Obama cracked the White House door for citizens on Thursday, and some of their questions were still bubbling up long after the first virtual town hall ended.

As financial leaders assemble in London, the international labor movement offers a vision for a new global economy.

The task of socialists today is to build and support such militant minorities so that tomorrow we can set larger groups into motion.

Shaking off the legacy of dictatorship, the people elect the FMLN’s Mauricio Funes.

The coal industry presents itself as committed to sustainability–but is it?

On Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.

Editorial

Wall Street reforms may further consolidate power and ratify a corporate state that combines the worst aspects of socialism and capitalism.

Thirty years after the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, the real nuclear power threat is the relicensing of old plants.

Sending 17,000 or 21,000 more US troops to Afghanistan will not protect Americans against Al Qaeda attacks

Esther Kaplan on the SEIU and the California Nurses Association’s “game changer”; Bruce Shapiro on the death penalty; praise and prizes for The Nation.

Despite Obama’s inaugural call for a New Era of Responsibility, the old cynicism threatens a comeback.

In the end, the treasury secretary’s fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed.

An inner-city mother jailed for sending her kids to a suburban school district? This belongs to a past we’d do best to leave behind.

The moment is ripe for major campaign-finance reform.

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Column

The money involved in the auto bailout is chump change compared with what Wall Street got, and it is far better spent.

Imagine, if you will, a white-collar CEO version of the TV show Cops. Roll cameras. Send up the chopper.

It’s a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.

Exactly what is fertilizing this super sod?

Books & the Arts

With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.

Percy Harrison Fawcett went to the Amazon looking for paradise. He never returned.

Journalist Michelle Goldberg discusses the past fifty years of global reproductive issues.

Elaine Blair In The Queue, Vladimir Sorokin offers a biting and hilarious portrait of a central ritual of Soviet life.

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

Letters

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