April 21, 2008 Issue

Cover art by: Cover illustration by Victor Juhasz; cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Feature

Another KBR Rape Case

In the wake of Jamie Leigh Jones’s highly publicized charges, a woman comes forward with new allegations of a brutal sexual assault and cover-up at a KBR camp in Iraq.
Karen Houppert
Inside the Surge

The US occupation has torn Iraq into fragments, and sectarian militias are on the rise.
Nir Rosen
Chalabi’s Lobby

Lobbyist Charles Black, now embroiled in controversy as a senior advisor to John McCain, was among those who aided Ahmed Chalabi’s deceptive campaign for war in Iraq.
Aram Roston
All Aboard the McCain Express

The conservative noise machine is coming around to support him–if it can keep its stories straight.
Rick Perlstein
Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq’s revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.
R.H. Lossin
Seems Like Old Times

This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

Gary Phillips
Contract Justice

An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.
Jeremy Scahill

Editorial

Noted.

Henry Paulson’s pitiful reform; Michelle Bachelet, bedeviled by Opus Dei; Pentagon follies; and indecency in Indiana.
The Editors
Dems Flunking Trade 101

As Clinton rewrites the history of her support for NAFTA, Obama needs to prove he understands what’s wrong with global trade pacts.
John Nichols
Shown Up by Sadr, Again

To the humiliation of the US and Iraqi governments, the cleric’s forces have faced down the Iraqi Army and are in control of Basra and half of Baghdad.
Patrick Cockburn
Guantánamo Endgame

New revelations of political interference in the prosecution of Gitmo prisoners shows Team Bush scrambling to keep one step ahead of history–and of criminal charges.
The Editors
Journalists As Truth-Tellers

Journalism can still make a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can’t get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to get there.
Bill Moyers
Truckers Hit the Brakes

Hard hit by rising costs and the threat of losing their rigs, truckers are staging protests, calling for a bailout and lower fuel prices. What if the rest of us joined them?
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Where Credit Is Due

To view education as a profit-making business is to attack the lifelong love of learning.
Patricia J. Williams
Blowing Smoke

In Nicholson Baker’s cut-and-paste history, the “good war” is bad.
Katha Pollitt
On the Struggle For The Democratic Nomination

The race is theirs to lose.
Calvin Trillin
Mallets

Robert Grossman
Painful Performance

By urging lawmakers to stay the course in Iraq, General David Petraeus remained loyal to his President, but failed the American people.
Robert Scheer

Books & the Arts

Israel Is

Israel Is

Israel is he or she who wrestles

with God–call him what you will,

not some goon (with a rabbi and gun)

in a pre-fab home on a biblical hill.

Peter Cole
Questions of Loyalty

Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.
Matt Steinglass
La Zone Grise

Five books explore the sorrows and moral complexity of Irène Némirovsky and others who suffered Nazi persecution in France.
Alice Kaplan
Blowing Smoke

In Nicholson Baker’s cut-and-paste history, the “good war” is bad.
Katha Pollitt
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade

The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Aziz Huq
Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq’s revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.
R.H. Lossin
Loss Lieder

It’s National Poetry Month, and that means cooked meat.
Ange Mlinko
Suffragist City

Two new books examine the history of the first women’s rights campaign.
Mary Beth Norton
Seems Like Old Times

This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

Gary Phillips
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April 21, 2008 Issue

Feature

In the wake of Jamie Leigh Jones’s highly publicized charges, a woman comes forward with new allegations of a brutal sexual assault and cover-up at a KBR camp in Iraq.

The US occupation has torn Iraq into fragments, and sectarian militias are on the rise.

Lobbyist Charles Black, now embroiled in controversy as a senior advisor to John McCain, was among those who aided Ahmed Chalabi’s deceptive campaign for war in Iraq.

The conservative noise machine is coming around to support him–if it can keep its stories straight.

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq’s revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.

Editorial

Henry Paulson’s pitiful reform; Michelle Bachelet, bedeviled by Opus Dei; Pentagon follies; and indecency in Indiana.

As Clinton rewrites the history of her support for NAFTA, Obama needs to prove he understands what’s wrong with global trade pacts.

To the humiliation of the US and Iraqi governments, the cleric’s forces have faced down the Iraqi Army and are in control of Basra and half of Baghdad.

New revelations of political interference in the prosecution of Gitmo prisoners shows Team Bush scrambling to keep one step ahead of history–and of criminal charges.

Journalism can still make a difference, but the truth matters more. And if you can’t get to the truth through journalism, there are other ways to get there.

Hard hit by rising costs and the threat of losing their rigs, truckers are staging protests, calling for a bailout and lower fuel prices. What if the rest of us joined them?

GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

Column

To view education as a profit-making business is to attack the lifelong love of learning.

In Nicholson Baker’s cut-and-paste history, the “good war” is bad.

The race is theirs to lose.

By urging lawmakers to stay the course in Iraq, General David Petraeus remained loyal to his President, but failed the American people.

Books & the Arts

Israel Is Israel is he or she who wrestles with God–call him what you will, not some goon (with a rabbi and gun) in a pre-fab home on a biblical hill.

Revisionist histories of the Vietnam War challenge the notion that the South Vietnam government was a dysfunctional pseudo-state.

Five books explore the sorrows and moral complexity of Irène Némirovsky and others who suffered Nazi persecution in France.

In Nicholson Baker’s cut-and-paste history, the “good war” is bad.

The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.

Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq’s revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

It’s National Poetry Month, and that means cooked meat.

Two new books examine the history of the first women’s rights campaign.

This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.

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

Letters

Readers weigh in on our endorsement of Obama, our coverage of terrorism and our grammar.

Israel Is

Israel is he or she who wrestles

with God–call him what you will,

not some goon (with a rabbi and gun)

in a pre-fab home on a biblical hill.