November 30, 2009 Issue

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Green Jobs for Recovery

Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
The World’s Women Stuck in the UN’s Blind Spot

“Mainstreaming” a focus on women into all of the United Nations’ work never happened. So will an agency for women ever get off the ground?
Barbara Crossette
The Palin Effect

Why Sarah Palin can’t be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.
Max Blumenthal
Honduran Crisis Outfoxes US Attempts at Negotiation

A small delegation from the Honduran resistance movement visiting the US last week drew attention to the human rights abuses of the coup government.
Tom Hayden
Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks into High Gear

Americans want to know what went wrong during last year’s economic meltdown. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will find the answers.
Greg Kaufmann
Welcome Home, War!

Will the Afghan and Iraq wars lead to a surveillance state here in the US?
Alfred W. McCoy
Justicia Poetica

The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.
Roberto Lovato
No Country for Yes Men

Notorious political pranksters the Yes Men have made a career out of impersonating henchmen from major companies, including Exxon, Dow Chemical and McDonald’s–and getting away with it.
Shakthi Jothianandan
The Money Man’s Best Friend

Blue Dog Democrats are undermining prospects for financial-industry regulation and reform.
William Greider
The Fifty-Year War

We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?
Jonathan Schell
How the US Funds the Taliban

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops
Aram Roston

Editorial

Charitable Capitalism

Goldman and the other big dogs of Wall Street are afflicted with the stink of greed, having harvested swollen fortunes from the calamity they caused for the rest of the country.
William Greider
Getting Tough on Exploitation

Vigorously enforcing labor law and stopping the crackdown on the nation’s undocumented immigrants can boost the American economy.
Amy Traub
Solution to Unemployment: Pay People to Work Shorter Hours

There is an easy way to get unemployed workers back to work: pay them to work shorter hours.
Dean Baker
Outrageous Fortuño

The combination of a four-year recession, a $3.2 billion deficit and a toxic Republican-style governor has turned Puerto Rico into a political powder keg.
Ed Morales
The Perils of Palinism

With enemies like Sarah Palin, who needs friends?
Richard Kim and Betsy Reed
Noted.

"Tobin Tax" on the table; Palestinian Authority in peril; predictable Islamophobia after the Fort Hood shootings.
The Editors
Healthcare History

The House’s healthcare reform bill is a first draft of history; as with most first drafts, it has its share of flaws.
The Editors
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Column

Women Ski Jumpers Grounded

A Canadian judge allows the International Olympic Committee to trump Canadian equal rights law and keep women ski jumpers out of the Vancouver Olympics.
Dave Zirin
Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer

What’s up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.
Robert Scheer
Copenhagen: Seattle Grows Up

In Copenhagen, activists won’t just say no–they will aggressively advance solutions that reduce emissions and narrow inequity.
Naomi Klein
Whose Team Is It, Anyway?

Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.
Katha Pollitt
A Year of Obama

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.
Alexander Cockburn
Senator Joe Lieberman and the Public Option

He’ll work to make a filibuster stick.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.
Elaine Blair
Back Talk: Amy Bach

A conversation with the author of Ordinary Injustice about why the right to trial is no protection against a shoddy legal system.
Christine Smallwood
The Misunderstood Robber Baron: On Cornelius Vanderbilt

T.J. Stiles’s The First Tycoon is a gilded portrait of the robber baron Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Steve Fraser
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November 30, 2009 Issue

Feature

Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.

“Mainstreaming” a focus on women into all of the United Nations’ work never happened. So will an agency for women ever get off the ground?

Why Sarah Palin can’t be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.

A small delegation from the Honduran resistance movement visiting the US last week drew attention to the human rights abuses of the coup government.

Americans want to know what went wrong during last year’s economic meltdown. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will find the answers.

Will the Afghan and Iraq wars lead to a surveillance state here in the US?

The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.

Notorious political pranksters the Yes Men have made a career out of impersonating henchmen from major companies, including Exxon, Dow Chemical and McDonald’s–and getting away with it.

Blue Dog Democrats are undermining prospects for financial-industry regulation and reform.

We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops

Editorial

Goldman and the other big dogs of Wall Street are afflicted with the stink of greed, having harvested swollen fortunes from the calamity they caused for the rest of the country.

Vigorously enforcing labor law and stopping the crackdown on the nation’s undocumented immigrants can boost the American economy.

There is an easy way to get unemployed workers back to work: pay them to work shorter hours.

The combination of a four-year recession, a $3.2 billion deficit and a toxic Republican-style governor has turned Puerto Rico into a political powder keg.

With enemies like Sarah Palin, who needs friends?

"Tobin Tax" on the table; Palestinian Authority in peril; predictable Islamophobia after the Fort Hood shootings.

The House’s healthcare reform bill is a first draft of history; as with most first drafts, it has its share of flaws.

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Column

A Canadian judge allows the International Olympic Committee to trump Canadian equal rights law and keep women ski jumpers out of the Vancouver Olympics.

What’s up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

In Copenhagen, activists won’t just say no–they will aggressively advance solutions that reduce emissions and narrow inequity.

Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

He’ll work to make a filibuster stick.

Books & the Arts

In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.

A conversation with the author of Ordinary Injustice about why the right to trial is no protection against a shoddy legal system.

T.J. Stiles’s The First Tycoon is a gilded portrait of the robber baron Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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

Letters

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Grantsville, Md.

Crossword

ACROSS 1 Sob convulsed Leo, upset by aroma on the way out. (11)

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Grantsville, Md.

ACROSS

1 Sob convulsed Leo, upset by aroma on the way out. (11)