November 12, 2007 Issue

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Feature

SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates

As the eighteenth annual demonstration against the Army’s School of the Americas nears, we quiz Democratic hopefuls on whether they would shut it down. Their answers are not encouraging.
Patrick Mulvaney
Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment

She alone can mobilize Pakistan’s poor with promises of democracy, development and free, fair elections. But does she have the power to ward off US meddling and stop Pakistan’s slide into chaos?
Graham Usher
Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate

Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren’t among them.
Billy Sothern
Unseen Victims of California Fires

Undocumented immigrants who have survived for years living along San Diego’s hillsides and canyons now find themselves left out of relief efforts in the Southern California fires.
Amanda Martinez
The Culture War Descends on Columbia

David Horowitz’s Islamofascism Awareness Week hits the already beleaguered campus.
Esther Kaplan
Guest Workers in a Strange Land

Would a vastly expanded guest worker program benefit illegal immigrants? Just ask a guest worker.
Deepa Fernandes
Myanmar: Monks and the Military

If the Buddhist sangha and the military are the two dominant forces in the suffering society of Burma, could monks and dissident soldiers join forces to rise up against an oppressive regime?
Charles London
Hawking War Guilt

All the warmongering that’s fit to print.
Jim Sleeper
Darfur’s Divided Rebellion

As peace talks open between rebels and the government in Darfur, the question is: who speaks for whom?
Shane Bauer
The Kids Aren’t Alright

President Bush’s neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.
Sharon Lerner
Beyond the Age of Petroleum

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.
Michael T. Klare
The New Right-Wing Smear Machine

A web-savvy form of conservative propaganda, written anonymously and forwarded via e-mail, is altering the political landscape.
Chris Hayes

Editorial

All Trick, No Treat!

Will spec factory jobs be the next stage in US economic development?
Annabelle Gurwitch
The New McCarthyism

A network of right-wing activists on college and high school campuses are targeting Muslims, Arabs and other Mideast experts, indifferent to the truth or decency of their charges.
Larry Cohler-Esses
Noted.

Dennis Hastert’s Obama problem, California burning, Commentary old and new.
The Editors
A Values Voters Schism

The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of the GOP.
Sarah Posner
Stop the Media Grab

If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.
The Editors
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Column

Cashing In on Terror

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
Robert Scheer
Give Us This Day Our Daily Debt

As the superrich get richer, the rest of us sink deeper into debt. But when American consumers can no longer consume, our whole system falls apart.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Thieves of Black History

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.
Gary Younge
The Liberal Hawks’ Lament

Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.
Eric Alterman
The Tao of Fred

Steve Brodner
Advise and Consent

What sets Michael Mukasey apart from the rest of the Bush crowd?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Shanker Blows Up the World

The life and legacy of a fiery New York teachers’ advocate gets caught in the crossfire of a changing liberal landscape.
Thomas J. Sugrue
Play It (Over and Over Again)

Ben Ratliff’s not-quite biography of John Coltrane considers the jazz legend’s enduring influence.
Travis A. Jackson
Revenants

In South African writer Zakes Mda’s fiction, the past hovers like a ghost–seductive and terrifying.
Laila Lalami
Thieves of Black History

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.
Gary Younge
My Graham Foust

Gone’s the imposter. And gone’s
his gawky cross. Gone’s
his tweaked legacy’s hit list–Hooray!–
and gone’s his waste of song.
Graham Foust
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November 12, 2007 Issue

Feature

As the eighteenth annual demonstration against the Army’s School of the Americas nears, we quiz Democratic hopefuls on whether they would shut it down. Their answers are not encouraging.

She alone can mobilize Pakistan’s poor with promises of democracy, development and free, fair elections. But does she have the power to ward off US meddling and stop Pakistan’s slide into chaos?

Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren’t among them.

Undocumented immigrants who have survived for years living along San Diego’s hillsides and canyons now find themselves left out of relief efforts in the Southern California fires.

David Horowitz’s Islamofascism Awareness Week hits the already beleaguered campus.

Would a vastly expanded guest worker program benefit illegal immigrants? Just ask a guest worker.

If the Buddhist sangha and the military are the two dominant forces in the suffering society of Burma, could monks and dissident soldiers join forces to rise up against an oppressive regime?

All the warmongering that’s fit to print.

As peace talks open between rebels and the government in Darfur, the question is: who speaks for whom?

President Bush’s neglect of government-sponsored childcare programs has a steep price. Children are paying.

Welcome to the Age of Insuffiency: As oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, our way of life will drastically change.

A web-savvy form of conservative propaganda, written anonymously and forwarded via e-mail, is altering the political landscape.

Editorial

Will spec factory jobs be the next stage in US economic development?

A network of right-wing activists on college and high school campuses are targeting Muslims, Arabs and other Mideast experts, indifferent to the truth or decency of their charges.

Dennis Hastert’s Obama problem, California burning, Commentary old and new.

The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of the GOP.

If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.

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

Column

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.

As the superrich get richer, the rest of us sink deeper into debt. But when American consumers can no longer consume, our whole system falls apart.

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.

Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.

What sets Michael Mukasey apart from the rest of the Bush crowd?

Books & the Arts

The life and legacy of a fiery New York teachers’ advocate gets caught in the crossfire of a changing liberal landscape.

Ben Ratliff’s not-quite biography of John Coltrane considers the jazz legend’s enduring influence.

In South African writer Zakes Mda’s fiction, the past hovers like a ghost–seductive and terrifying.

In the struggle over the ownership of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, black history is on sale at bargain prices.

Gone’s the imposter. And gone’s his gawky cross. Gone’s his tweaked legacy’s hit list–Hooray!– and gone’s his waste of song.

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

Letters

The Army Surgeon General and Joshua Kors discuss caring for wounded soldiers.

Gone’s the imposter. And gone’s
his gawky cross. Gone’s
his tweaked legacy’s hit list–Hooray!–
and gone’s his waste of song.