February 26, 2007 Issue
Cover art by: Cover design by Avenging Angels, photo by Richard Hackett
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Features
Lockdown in Greeley
A recent police raid on a small-city factory showcases the Bush Administration's frightening war on illegal immigration.
Marc Cooper
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Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot
Washington is all too happy to overlook the undemocratic excesses of Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, who has pledged his support for Bush's "war on terror."
Paul Wachter
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Dying for a Home
The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.
Amanda Spake
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Feith-Libby Lies Exposed
A new Pentagon report documents how the Bush Administration fooled us once with lies about Iraq's Al Qaeda ties. Will that keep them from fooling us again on Iran?
Bob Dreyfuss
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In Gaza, Circles of Hell
Dante's circles of hell provide an apt metaphor for the Palestinian experience in Gaza. And it can only get worse.
Jen Marlowe
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Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War?
Now that Lieut. Ehren Watada's court-martial has ended in mistrial, his case could focus America's attention on how we came to fight an illegal war and what we must do to end it.
Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
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Terror at the Nixon Library
A new exhibit inadvertently displays why Americans might be confused about what terrorism is and how to fight it.
Jon Wiener
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Editorials
The Daffodil Delusion: Sensationalizing Global Warming
Media frenzy to the contrary, a warm winter doesn't point to the end of the world--scientific evidence does.
Michael Corcoran
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Mission to Caracas
Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a realizable ideal.
Victor Navasky
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Killer Weather Ahead
The good news on the latest global warming report: Political leaders can no longer ignore it. The bad news: It's probably too late.
Mark Hertsgaard
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Thelma and Louise Imperialism
Are Bush and Cheney so wedded to their delusions that they might gun the car and head directly over the cliff in a confrontation with Iran?
Tom Engelhardt
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Kill the Death Penalty
The time has come for the US to join the rest of civilized nations and abolish capital punishment.
Sunil Dutta
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Molly, in Her Own Words
From the pages of The Nation, here's a sampler of Molly Ivins at her best.
the Editors
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Into 2008
America's next President must have a big heart, an open mind and the passion to set the nation on the way to equality, opportunity, true democracy and social justice.
the Editors
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Columns
Out of the Closet and Onto the Court
Former NBA player John Amaechi's admission that he is gay exposed the league's compassion and bigotry.
Dave Zirin
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Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran
As debate unfolds on a non-binding Iraq resolution, the House should consider exacting a promise from President not to invade Iran.
Nicholas von Hoffman
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The Worst President Ever
Is George W. Bush the worst President the United States has ever seen?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Levin’s Pursuit of Douglas Feith
Sen. Carl Levin is determined to get to the bottom of how Douglas Feith's false intelligence helped lead the US to a disastrous and illegal war.
Robert Scheer
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Dude! Where’s My Debate?
The majority of Americans support fair-trade policies--so why do mainstream pundits treat the idea with so much contempt?
Eric Alterman
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Books and the Arts
Thelma and Louise Imperialism
Are Bush and Cheney so wedded to their delusions that they might gun the car and head directly over the cliff in a confrontation with Iran?
Tom Engelhardt
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Reviews of The Lives of Others and Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams.
Stuart Klawans
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Terror at the Nixon Library
A new exhibit inadvertently displays why Americans might be confused about what terrorism is and how to fight it.
Jon Wiener
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Careful, He Might Hear You
In the Country of Men tells the story of a Libyan boy whose dissident father is wanted by the authorities.
Ali Sethi
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The Thought Experimenter
A new biography of William James portrays a man who made a brilliant career of asking tough questions.
Jackson Lears
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Letters