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November 3, 2008 Issue

The Editors on the bank bailout, Gary Younge on Obama in Virginia, Noah Isenberg on Walter Benjamin…

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Editorial

Report From the Socialist International Conspiracy

Our operatives on Wall Street were doing a good job bringing down capitalism one hedge fund at a time. But then Goldman Sachs staged a counter-coup.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Scenes From the Crackup

Behind the scrim of boom times there was always debt and sex--and the intimate economy of panic and desire.

JoAnn Wypijewski

Waiting for the Barbarians

The GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own.

Richard Kim

Noted.

John Nichols on Sarah Palin's "vindication," David Cole on phone sex and national security, Danielle Douglas on Haiti.

The Editors

Dr. Paulson’s Magic Potion

As Bush and Paulson throw money at the problem, Obama is moving rapidly to adapt to the crisis that awaits the next president.

William Greider

Left and Right

If nationalizing banks is suddenly on the table, what else might be placed there?

The Editors

Column

Merrittocracy

Merritt Paulson, son of Henry Paulson, asks the city of Portland to fund his new sports stadiums even though he can afford it.

Dave Zirin

The Battle for Obama’s Economic Soul

Let's hope he listens to Paul Volker and Warren Buffet--and keeps at bay Rubin, Summers and others responsible for the current debacle.

Robert Scheer

Obama’s Virginia Territory

So far in the once-red state of Virginia, things are going Obama's way.

Gary Younge

It’s Sliming Time (Again)

Politics ain't beanbag, but the thuggishness of McCain and Palin and their conservative media enablers have infected our political discourse.

Eric Alterman

Predatory Scapegoating

The real scandal of the year is that Eliot Spitzer, brought low by his own bad behavior, had predatory lenders in his sights.

Patricia J. Williams

‘He’s Not One of Us’

Calvin Trillin

Letters

POW/MIAs & John McCain

POW/MIAs & John McCain
Montclair, N.J.

Our Readers and Sydney H. Schanberg

Feature

Obama the Philosopher

Suddenly, Obama's making a pretty good case for why Americans should once again care for one another.

Linda Hirshman

The Cold War That Wasn’t

Deconstructing the New York Times fairy tale about how nasty Russia invaded innocent Georgia.

Mark Ames

Milk Scandal Taints China’s Self-Image

The tainted milk crisis could prod China to act responsibly.

Anna Greenspan

A Lesson for the Next President

Will our next president have the courage to scrap No Child Left Behind?

Demitrious Sinor

Jörg Haider’s Legacy

Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.

Slavenka Drakulic

Smearing Colonel Vandeveld

Military commissions officials are using punitive psychological evaluations as part of a strategy to discredit and silence a former colleague turned whistleblower.

Ross Tuttle

Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?

In state after state, the number of new voters has swelled like never before. They're mostly under 30 and solidly backing Barack Obama.

Cora Currier

Hard Knocks in the Workplace

The rights of workers get little attention from the court, and employers know they can violate those rights with impunity.

Eric Schnapper

Debtor Nation

The Supreme Court has done little to protect a nation of debtors from predatory lending practices.

Robert M. Lawless

Senior Rights & Wrongs

It's increasingly difficult for older Americans to protect themselves from age discrimination, nursing home abuse and loss of pension benefits.

Harper Jean Tobin

Health Cares

The United States stands alone among wealthy nations in failing to assure its population reasonable healthcare.

Sara Rosenbaum

Safety Last

Pro-business judges who now dominate the Supreme Court undermine consumers' right to sue when they are injured by unsafe products.

David C. Vladeck

The Supreme Court and the Election: What’s at Stake

The next president and Congress must reverse the conservative tide of the Bush judiciary.

Herman Schwartz

When the Gloves Come Off

On the campaign trail, new lies are being pumped into the political bloodstream.

Jonathan Schell

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