May 14, 2007 Issue

Cover art by: Cover art by Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, Center for Cuban Studies Collection; cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Feature

A Dangerous Little Beehive?

A Cuban children’s troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Watching the Reporters

After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?
John Dinges
Miami Vise

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
Max J. Castro
Ferdinand VII

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

Gore Vidal
Terror and the Counterterrorists

Five Cuban counterterrorism experts are being held indefinitely in American prisons while the “bin Laden of Latin America” is let free.
Peter Kornbluh
The Changing of the Guard

A panel of experts explores the view from Havana.
Peter Kornbluh , Alberto Coll , Saul Landau , William M. LeoGrande , Philip Peters and Ramón Sánchez-Parodi
The Supergirl Syndrome

The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl–smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all–is a model of perfection that’s hard to live up to. Can’t girls just be free to be?
Lakshmi Chaudhry
The Higher Education Scam

Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?
Barbara Ehrenreich
Pull the Plug on the Mercenary War

Who will stop the shadow US army in Iraq? Don’t count on Congressional Democrats.
Jeremy Scahill
The Future of the Party?

Did the recent College Democrats of New York State Convention augur a new day for the Democratic Party?
Habiba Alcindor
The Democrats’ Depressing Debate

The candidates ignored race, class and religion, and fumbled the key question of how to get out of Iraq.
Bob Moser
A New Stance Toward Havana

The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.
Julia E. Sweig

Editorial

Nation Notes

The Editors
Sarko vs. Ségo in France

French politics have been pushed to the right thanks in part to the neo-Fascist politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.
André Schiffrin
One of My Own

Although the murders at Virginia Tech had nothing to do with race, Korean Americans remain worried about anti-Asian fallout.
Richard Kim
Virg. Tech: Only Connect

The Virginia Tech shootings should prompt us to rethink our approach toward guns, the media and mental health.
Bruce Shapiro
Changing Course on Cuba

The US government’s policy toward Cuba is imperial, irrational, arguably insane. It’s time to change it.
The Editors
Open Letter to Prince Harry

Be a prince of peace: Don’t go to Iraq.
Amir Soltani Sheikoleslami
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Column

Sacrificial Wolfie

The World Bank was corrupt long before Paul Wolfowitz gave his girlfriend a raise.
Naomi Klein
Regrets Only

The Supreme Court’s recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.
Katha Pollitt
Is Global Warming a Sin?

Is global warming an unprecedented disaster, or just the earth recovering from the ice age?
Alexander Cockburn
A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.
Calvin Trillin
Mormons, in a Flattering Light

A new PBS documentary provides a lush but not very enlightening look at Mormons in America.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Tenet’s Treachery

Bush’s chief spook knew the Administration’s treachery on Iraq from the start. But he never revealed it to Congress or the public.
Robert Scheer
Football and Nikki Giovanni at Virginia Tech

Tragedy uncovers the diverse world of a school that had been known only for football.
Dave Zirin

Books & the Arts

Cafe Society

Clive James’s erudite new collection of essays celebrates the best of twentieth-century art, thought and politics.
William Deresiewicz
Stranger in the City

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant’s unrequited love affair with the American Dream.
Tara Gallagher
The Art of the Improviser

Nearly fifty years after Ornette Coleman revolutionized jazz, he is finally being honored with the music world’s top awards.
David Yaffe
A Dangerous Little Beehive?

A Cuban children’s troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Ferdinand VII

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

Gore Vidal
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May 14, 2007 Issue

Feature

A Cuban children’s troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.

After three foreign correspondents are decertified, is Cuba sending a message to the international press corps?

Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

Five Cuban counterterrorism experts are being held indefinitely in American prisons while the “bin Laden of Latin America” is let free.

A panel of experts explores the view from Havana.

The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl–smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all–is a model of perfection that’s hard to live up to. Can’t girls just be free to be?

Marilee Jones excelled as admissions dean at MIT, until she was fired for falsifying her resume. But what good is a college degree, anyway?

Who will stop the shadow US army in Iraq? Don’t count on Congressional Democrats.

Did the recent College Democrats of New York State Convention augur a new day for the Democratic Party?

The candidates ignored race, class and religion, and fumbled the key question of how to get out of Iraq.

The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.

Editorial

French politics have been pushed to the right thanks in part to the neo-Fascist politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Although the murders at Virginia Tech had nothing to do with race, Korean Americans remain worried about anti-Asian fallout.

The Virginia Tech shootings should prompt us to rethink our approach toward guns, the media and mental health.

The US government’s policy toward Cuba is imperial, irrational, arguably insane. It’s time to change it.

Be a prince of peace: Don’t go to Iraq.

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Column

The World Bank was corrupt long before Paul Wolfowitz gave his girlfriend a raise.

The Supreme Court’s recent antichoice decision shows how deeply disinformation has seeped into the abortion debate.

Is global warming an unprecedented disaster, or just the earth recovering from the ice age?

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.

A new PBS documentary provides a lush but not very enlightening look at Mormons in America.

Bush’s chief spook knew the Administration’s treachery on Iraq from the start. But he never revealed it to Congress or the public.

Tragedy uncovers the diverse world of a school that had been known only for football.

Books & the Arts

Clive James’s erudite new collection of essays celebrates the best of twentieth-century art, thought and politics.

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears tells the story of an Ethiopian immigrant’s unrequited love affair with the American Dream.

Nearly fifty years after Ornette Coleman revolutionized jazz, he is finally being honored with the music world’s top awards.

A Cuban children’s troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.

Whose astonishing wisdom led to preserving a statue of the monstrous Ferdinand VII in Havana?

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

Letters

‘DOUBLE-ENTRY MORAL BOOKKEEPING’