February 8, 2010 Issue

Cover art by: Cover: military bases where the United States has leasing rights or, in the case of Guantánamo, Puerto Rico and Honduras, a long-term presence. Research & original design by Grace Livingstone, map design by Lloyd Miller, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Feature

Geithner’s AIG Bailout

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was summoned to testify before the House yesterday to answer two questions: why did he sign off on AIG paying full value on insurance for bad assets, and what was his role in the decision not to disclose that?
Greg Kaufmann
NATO’s Role in the Afghanistan Escalation

As part of an attempt to frame the surge as an important move towards negotiations with the Taliban, NATO countries are set to contribute 7,000 soldiers for the Afghanistan war.
Tom Hayden
Tell The Nation: Obama at One

We asked our readers to submit their own high and low points of President Obama’s first year.
The Nation
Blackwater in Pakistan: Gates Confirms

In the past two days, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a Pakistani senior minister have confirmed that Blackwater is operating in Pakistan.
Jeremy Scahill
UN Diplomat Lost to Haiti’s Earthquake

Among the dead in Haiti are the UN workers who were trying to make the nation a better place.
Dan Bischoff
Obama and the Long View

Confident in the long-term impact of his policy decisions, Obama rarely gets flustered by short-term shifts in political fortune.
Sasha Abramsky
American Idle

As GM shutters a plant, an Ohio city in decline struggles to imagine a future.
Christopher Phelps
Standing Up for Change

A growing number of Californians are organizing to develop solutions.
Sasha Abramsky
West Coast Wasteland

Savage budget cuts and political dysfunction are tearing California’s social infrastructure apart.
Sasha Abramsky
Muscling Latin America

The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Greg Grandin

Editorial

Geithner Must Go–and the Future of the Fed

The first casualty of the president’s political debacle will likely be Timothy Geithner, the severely over-confident treasury secretary well-known as a lapdog of Wall Street.
William Greider
The Love We Lost

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.
JoAnn Wypijewski
The Haiti Haters

In this moment of death and destruction, we should not turn away.
Amy Wilentz
What Haiti Is Owed

For much of Haiti’s existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.
The Editors
Massachusetts Meltdown

What the wake-up call is really telling us.
The Editors
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Column

The Sorry State of the Union

The state of the union is just miserable, no matter how President Obama sugarcoats it.
Robert Scheer
NFL Wants to Go Steady–With Reebok

The Supreme Court will soon tell the NFL whether it can knock out competition by cutting deals as a single entity.
Dave Zirin and Jeremiah Tittle
Free Nazia Quazi

How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Katha Pollitt
Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh on Haiti

These two spew theories bizarre and rococo.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The Love We Lost

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.
JoAnn Wypijewski
Alice’s Wonderlands: On Alice Guy Blaché

The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.
Jana Prikryl
A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring

If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?
Miriam Markowitz
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Amina Saïd
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Letters

Letters

Love Those Sunken Cities!
Knoxville, Tenn.
Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers

Crossword

Puzzle No. 1478

ACROSS

1 and 18 down Evidently the butcher refuses to cut up an off-color animal. (1,5,3,1,6,3)
Frank W. Lewis

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February 8, 2010 Issue

Feature

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was summoned to testify before the House yesterday to answer two questions: why did he sign off on AIG paying full value on insurance for bad assets, and what was his role in the decision not to disclose that?

As part of an attempt to frame the surge as an important move towards negotiations with the Taliban, NATO countries are set to contribute 7,000 soldiers for the Afghanistan war.

We asked our readers to submit their own high and low points of President Obama’s first year.

In the past two days, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a Pakistani senior minister have confirmed that Blackwater is operating in Pakistan.

Among the dead in Haiti are the UN workers who were trying to make the nation a better place.

Confident in the long-term impact of his policy decisions, Obama rarely gets flustered by short-term shifts in political fortune.

As GM shutters a plant, an Ohio city in decline struggles to imagine a future.

A growing number of Californians are organizing to develop solutions.

Savage budget cuts and political dysfunction are tearing California’s social infrastructure apart.

The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.

Editorial

The first casualty of the president’s political debacle will likely be Timothy Geithner, the severely over-confident treasury secretary well-known as a lapdog of Wall Street.

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.

In this moment of death and destruction, we should not turn away.

For much of Haiti’s existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.

What the wake-up call is really telling us.

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

Column

The state of the union is just miserable, no matter how President Obama sugarcoats it.

The Supreme Court will soon tell the NFL whether it can knock out competition by cutting deals as a single entity.

How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?

These two spew theories bizarre and rococo.

Books & the Arts

Like the terrorist, the sex offender is a new category of human being.

The first decade of filmmaking belonged to one woman alone: Alice Guy Blaché.

If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?

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

Letters

Love Those Sunken Cities! Knoxville, Tenn.

Crossword

ACROSS 1 and 18 down Evidently the butcher refuses to cut up an off-color animal. (1,5,3,1,6,3)

Love Those Sunken Cities!
Knoxville, Tenn.

ACROSS

1 and 18 down Evidently the butcher refuses to cut up an off-color animal. (1,5,3,1,6,3)