May 21, 2007 Issue

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Feature

Look Who’s Taxing

Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.
Chris Hayes
The Flaws in Rubinomics

Economic policy centered on a balanced budget will destroy what’s left of FDR’s New Deal.
Thomas Palley
Evaluating ‘No Child Left Behind’

The problems and promises of Bush’s education policy.
Linda Darling-Hammond
Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign

I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?
Annabelle Gurwitch
Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats

There’s a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.
Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin
Spinning Hillary Centrist

How can Hillary Clinton maintain her populist credentials when Mark Penn, her chief pollster and campaign strategist, also represents the interests of some of America’s largest corporations?
Ari Berman
America’s Idiotic Political Debates

All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?
Nicholas von Hoffman
Responses to Darling-Hammond

The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.
Deborah Meier , Velma L. Cobb and Pedro Noguera

Editorial

Nation Notes

We’re proud to announce that Stuart Klawans, The Nation‘s film critic since 1988, has received the 2007 National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. The NMA judges said, “Klawans brings a fan’s passion and a far-ranging intellect to his witty writing about film. From high culture to low, his reviews…make us excited about the movies all over again.”

The Editors
Dems Tangled in Netroots

Working For Us, a new coalition of unions and Internet activists, seeks to reform the Democratic Party from the ground up.
Ari Melber
The Chutzpah Industry

Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.
Jon Wiener
Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy

Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.

Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Tenet’s Evasions

His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself, but how easy it is to blame others.
David Corn
Showdown on the War

Despite the Administration’s crude and dishonest attacks on efforts to end the war, Congressional Democrats can’t back down now.
The Editors
Scenes From Hell

An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.
Lynn Randolph
Better to Be a Chimpanzee

To qualify for charity, a homeless Austrian chimp has petitioned the courts to be granted human status. If he wins, expect a surge of humans going over to the other side.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Disseminate Information, Protect Democracy

Unless the US Postal Service reverses its steep increases in bulk-mailing rates to favor large corporate publishers, the future of small magazines is grim.
Teresa Stack
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Column

Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker

Sinking Tenet’s “slam dunk.”
Calvin Trillin
The Post-Imus Conundrum

Liberals prefer to ignore that when it comes to verbal violence, white radio shock jocks are given the same pass as gangsta rappers.
Eric Alterman
The Scum Also Rises

How else to explain why arrogant incompetents like Paul Wolfowitz rose to power in the Bush Administration?
Robert Scheer

Books & the Arts

Discovery/The Nation ’07 Prizewinners

Four previously unpublished poets are honored as winners of Discovery/The Nation 07, the annual Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize of The Unterberg Poetry Center.
The Nation
Infantile Liberalism

Russell Jacoby
Revolutionary Devotion

Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo’s poetry.
Roberto González Echevarría
Scenes From Hell

An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.
Lynn Randolph
Poem Windy and Continued

very cold. My small
and panicked last
kiss was like making
a noise to make sure
I was there
Graham Foust
Scary Movie: Captivity’s Ad Campaign

I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?
Annabelle Gurwitch
Hip-Hop’s E-Z Scapegoats

There’s a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.
Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin
America’s Idiotic Political Debates

All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?
Nicholas von Hoffman
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Letters

Uncle Sam Adds Insult to Injury

Needham, Mass.
Our Readers and Joshua Kors

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May 21, 2007 Issue

Feature

Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.

Economic policy centered on a balanced budget will destroy what’s left of FDR’s New Deal.

The problems and promises of Bush’s education policy.

I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?

There’s a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

How can Hillary Clinton maintain her populist credentials when Mark Penn, her chief pollster and campaign strategist, also represents the interests of some of America’s largest corporations?

All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?

The second part of our forum on the Bush Administration’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act.

Editorial

Working For Us, a new coalition of unions and Internet activists, seeks to reform the Democratic Party from the ground up.

Alan Dershowitz is at it again, campaigning to deny tenure to a DePaul University professor who criticized him.

Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.

His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself, but how easy it is to blame others.

Despite the Administration’s crude and dishonest attacks on efforts to end the war, Congressional Democrats can’t back down now.

An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.

To qualify for charity, a homeless Austrian chimp has petitioned the courts to be granted human status. If he wins, expect a surge of humans going over to the other side.

Unless the US Postal Service reverses its steep increases in bulk-mailing rates to favor large corporate publishers, the future of small magazines is grim.

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

Column

Sinking Tenet’s “slam dunk.”

Liberals prefer to ignore that when it comes to verbal violence, white radio shock jocks are given the same pass as gangsta rappers.

How else to explain why arrogant incompetents like Paul Wolfowitz rose to power in the Bush Administration?

Books & the Arts

Four previously unpublished poets are honored as winners of Discovery/The Nation 07, the annual Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize of The Unterberg Poetry Center.

Communism, Catholicism and radical Modernism meet on the dissecting table of César Vallejo’s poetry.

An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.

very cold. My small and panicked last kiss was like making a noise to make sure I was there

I joined the protest of a terribly offensive poster for the horror flick Captivity, which resulted in its being taken down. Was that a good thing?

There’s a big difference between the misogynous hip-hop produced by big media and the hip-hop that moves a generation.

All France was transfixed as presidential candidates conducted a passionate, freewheeling debate this week. Why are American debates so intentionally stupid?

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

Letters

Needham, Mass.

very cold. My small
and panicked last
kiss was like making
a noise to make sure
I was there