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Features
Does the Pope Care About Workers’ Rights?
On his first papal visit to America, will Pope Benedict address the real problems confronting the Catholic Church?
Angela Bonavoglia
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Strangers in the Night
This week's episode: Kang tries the indirect route to the truth and finds some things are just tough to swallow.
Gary Phillips
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Hawaii Needs You
Hawaiian activists call on the US left to help stop massive military expansion and federal legislation that would stifle their quest for independence.
The Nation
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Further Reading and Resources
Find out more about Hawaiian history in books and videos--and on the Web.
Elinor Langer
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The Nation on The Overthrow
In 1893, The Nation raised a warning about how colonization would affect the state of the union.
the Editors
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From On Being Hawaiian
In 1964, John Dominis Holt, one of the first voices of the Hawaiian renaissance, discussed his heritage.
The Nation
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Guano
The first overseas acquisition of the United States was not Hawaii, but Midway, claimed under the Guano Act of 1856.
Elinor Langer
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Excerpts From the ‘Apology Resolution’
Here's how the US Congress addressed the issue.
Elinor Langer
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The Nation on Annexation
From our archives: The Nation addressed the question of annexation in 1898.
Elinor Langer
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Famous Are the Flowers: Hawaiian Resistance Then–and Now
The story of how the Hawaiian people lost their homeland--and their continuing quest to win it back.
Elinor Langer
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Editorials
Protecting the Women of Congo
The war being waged against women in Congo is an act of criminal international misogyny.
Stephen Lewis
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The Nation and Hawaii
The questions raised by Hawaii's annexation have implications far beyond its shores: the imperial past forms the legal scaffolding of the imperial present.
the Editors
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Noted.
The country's off-track; Blackwater's back in business; J. Goodrich blogs at The Nation.com.
The Nation
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Phil Donahue’s War
His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.
John Nichols
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The Torture Memo
How could two really smart government lawyers authorize torture in arguments that have no foundation in law?
Stephen Gillers
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Neocon NATO Delusions
The Bush Administration's mission to transform NATO promises to do great damage to international peace and cooperation.
the Editors
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Washington at War
The Petraeus hearings reveal a political class--Democrats and Republicans--trapped in concentric circles of imperial myopia.
the Editors
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Columns
The Man Who Would Be Bush
As millions surrender homes and sacrifice our nation's political reputation to the caprices of Bush and Cheney, a majority of voters say they might vote for John McCain. What are they thinking?
Robert Scheer
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Bitter? You Should Be! Why Obama Is Right
If you had to choose between Hillary or God for economic assistance, who would you cling to?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Sweatin’ to the Koran
What do burqas, Osama and fascism have to do with six hours of man-free exercise time at Harvard?
Katha Pollitt
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Books and the Arts
Phil Donahue’s War
His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.
John Nichols
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Spots, Smudges and Glitter
A tour of the New York art galleries reveals a number of talented artists exploring the possibilities of "bad" representational painting.
Barry Schwabsky
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Un Ballon Est un Ballon
In Flight of the Red Balloon, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien takes on an unmistakably Parisian story with unbridled creative abandon.
Stuart Klawans
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The March
There were two or three stragglers who couldn't keep up
with the rest. I said to the captain, "What should we do about
James Tate
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Man Out of Time
In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.
Mark Sorkin
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Where Now? Let’s Go!
The nonsensical funhouse of Donald Barthelme's fiction celebrates the cosmic joke of life and the pathos of grappling with it.
Joanna Scott
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Letters
Letters
Readers weigh in on the cost of war, efforts to smear Obama and gas-guzzling Hummers.
The Nation
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3125
ACROSS
1 As a poser, one would be rather busy--but the inventor might produce one. (7,5)
Frank W. Lewis