Farewell, the American Century

In order to solve our problems Americans must begin to see ourselves as we really are.

Andrew J. Bacevich

Egypt After Mubarak

The prospect of a dynastic succession could make for a messy transfer of power in the political epicenter of the Arab world.

Stephen Glain

Killing Civilians: How Safe Do You Actually Want to Be?

Why dead Afghan civilians aren't collateral damage but the heart of the matter.

Tom Engelhardt

The Challenge of Global Governance

"Rescue socialism" won't work if it fails to go beyond quick-fix measures.

George A. Papandreou

Misreading the Somali Threat

The Obama administration is sending mixed signals on how to deal with pirates.

Karen Rothmyer

The Cost of Doing Business on the Open Sea

Until the shipping community abandons its pinch-penny cynicism, piracy off the coast of Somalia is certain to grow.

Richard Pollak

Mining Bolivia’s Past

The movement that elected Evo Morales--and that pressures him now--has deep roots.

Chesa Boudin

Has the ‘Journal’ Lost Its Soul?

Rupert Murdoch has not wrecked the Wall Street Journal, as many had predicted. But a key question remains: is the new regime committed to unbiased reporting, or will it politicize the news?

Scott Sherman

Planet Earth: Too Big to Fail

The Obama administration is giving mixed signals on global warming: claiming the right to regulate greenhouse gases but also expecting Congress to rewrite climate change regulations.

Philip Radford

The Left Forum–Or, Why City Hall Doesn’t Listen

Whoever now governs the country (a point on which there was no agreement) is likely to remain resolutely indifferent to the message of Left Forum 2009.

Norman Birnbaum

Obama and Latin America

At the Summit of the Americas, Obama went far toward repairing the damage done by two decades of disastrous economic policy.

Greg Grandin

Bush’s Lingering Blacklist

If we are to pursue our security without abandoning our ideals, laws on groups financing terror need drastic reform.

David Cole

Notes on Change

Three months into the Obama era, the euphoria of the election has begun to dissipate.

Chris Hayes

Noted.

Jane Harman's wiretap, Chávez and Obama, justice in Guatemala, a remembrance of Walter Schneir

the Editors

Accountability for Torture

Congress must act to remove from positions of trust those who sanctioned torture and dial down the imperial presidency that has evolved on its watch.

John Nichols

The Clinton Bubble

Obama's allowing the same Clinton-era policy makers who set us up for financial crisis make economic policy. What happened to the socially conscious guy we voted for?

Robert Scheer

As Good as Their Word

Bank of America's Ken Lewis has done his bit to reinforce the idea that the CEOs who got us into this mess are a pack of liars.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Are Banks Struggling, or Scamming?

After all the help that's been given to banks or extorted from the public, we have the feeling financial institutions are not doing much with the money.

Nicholas von Hoffman

The Newspaper Biz: ‘More Poison, Please’?

We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.

Eric Alterman

On Bush Administration Memos Supporting ‘Enhanced Interrogation Techniques’

It's all in how you define it.

Calvin Trillin

Farewell, the American Century

In order to solve our problems Americans must begin to see ourselves as we really are.

Andrew J. Bacevich

Only Words: Liberalism, Past and Future

Two new histories examine contemporary liberalism's entrails and peer into its future.

George Scialabba

Back Talk: Peter Singer

A conversation with the author of The Life You Can Save about charitable giving and the utility monster argument.

Christine Smallwood

When the Whip Comes Down: On Mary Gaitskill

With Don't Cry, a disabling self-consciousness has crept into Mary Gaitskill's fiction.

William Deresiewicz

The Newspaper Biz: ‘More Poison, Please’?

We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.

Eric Alterman

Rockabilly Blues

Adrian C. Louis

Red Cloth

Jean Valentine

The Branches

Jean Valentine

Newspapers: Dinosaur or Phoenix?

John Nichols and Robert W.

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