September 10, 2007 Issue

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Feature

The Mystery of Mother Teresa

That a woman perceived of possessing great personal holiness turns out to be a person who suffered doubt in her experience with God deepens her mystery, rather than lessens it.
Richard Rodriguez and Mary Ambrose
NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.
Dave Lindorff
Skinhead Violence Rising in Russia

Copying the tactics of terrorists, neo-Nazi groups are targeting reformers, progressives and ethnic minorities.
Mark Ames and Alexander Zaitchik
Mad Men’s Retro Charm

A cable hit’s unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we’ve come from the Sixties.
Anna McCarthy
Whole Foods CEO Sows Wild Oats

America’s favorite natural grocery chain is looking like just another greedy, antiunion corporation.
Matthew Blake
Bush’s Napoleonic Folly

Bush’s war on Iraq mirrors Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt–two disastrous attempts to reshape the Middle East.
Juan Cole
The Hundred-Mile Diet

A new way to fight global warming and corporate agriculture: Eat only locally grown food, and call yourself a localvore.
Christopher Ketcham
GOP Clutches at Iowa Straws

The Iowa straw poll offered a penetrating glimpse into the crisis facing the Republican party.
Marc Cooper
Locked Up in New Orleans

In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.
Robin Templeton
Shouting Underwater

Two years ago, Katrina shed light on a harsh truth–we are all victims of a failed government.
Walter Mosley
The Charter School Flood

Drastic changes in the educational system are leaving New Orleans’s public schools behind.
Michael Tisserand
The Lower Ninth Battles Back

Community members and outside organizations are working together to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.
Rebecca Solnit

Editorial

Homos, Hypocrites and Haters

The shaming and resignation of Senator Larry Craig proves that if you’re going to be a hypocrite in American politics, it pays to be a straight hypocrite.
Timothy Patrick McCarthy
Civics for Cheney

The Vice President and his minions need an education in the rudiments of government. Where are the strict constructionists when we need them?
Stanley I. Kutler
Travails of the Super-Rich

Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.
Barbara Ehrenreich
The Madness of ‘King’ George

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.
Simon Prentis
New Orleans Is Us

If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.
Billy Sothern
Cindy Sheehan’s Political Ambitions

A dialogue between the peace activist and The Nation‘s editor over Sheehan’s plan to run for Congress against Representative Nancy Pelosi.
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Cindy Sheehan
Justice Denied

Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress–and the next President–to repair the damage he’s done.
Aziz Huq
Exporting Instability

Mideast stability can’t be promoted with arms any more than democracy can be imposed through the barrel of a gun.
William D. Hartung
The Economy Debates

Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
Waiting for ‘The Big One’

Nobody knows if the current financial crisis could become the type of economic unraveling that makes history.
William Greider
Trauma in New Orleans

The city lacks the resources to address its residents’ urgent mental health needs.
Dr. Marc Siegel
After the Flood

The toxic neoliberal policies used to rebuild New Orleans have led to a spiraling social crisis.
The Editors
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Column

Bush’s Deceitful Smiles

A deceitful President, masking the chaos his $3 trillion war has unleashed with photo-ops from Iraq, now confronts cynical Democrats in Congress poised to write another check, willfully blind to the waste of US and Iraqi lives.
Robert Scheer
Cleaning Up After the Orioles

Thanks to some major-league grassroots organizing, workers who keep Baltimore’s Camden Yards pristine are close to winning the right to a living wage.
Dave Zirin
The Fed Won’t Help the Working Class

By pumping more money into the economy to bail out hedge funds and subprime lenders, the Federal Reserve will only worsen inflation’s bite into average Americans’ paychecks.
Nicholas von Hoffman
A Legacy of Torture

The dark legacy of Alberto Gonzales–torture and a tainted judiciary system–will live on long after he leaves government.
Robert Scheer
The Dog Days of War

Cindy Sheehan taught us that the only way to reach those who will go to the polls is by taking to the streets.
Gary Younge
Big Brother Democracy

Protesters in Quebec were treated like contestants in a reality show–put in a field and watched on TV monitors.
Naomi Klein
It Ain’t Necessarily So…

Despite what many in the media believe, the American public is interested in more than just right-wing punditry and celebrity gossip.
Eric Alterman
Adieu, Karl Rove

Say farewell to the Prince of Slime.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The Madness of ‘King’ George

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.
Simon Prentis
New Orleans Is Us

If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.
Billy Sothern
Mad Men’s Retro Charm

A cable hit’s unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we’ve come from the Sixties.
Anna McCarthy
Silent Witness

A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.
Ari Kelman
Bywater Blues

Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.
Stuart Klawans
My Bondage, My Freedom

Robert Walser’s writing–opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive–is finally being introduced to American readers.
Christine Smallwood
An Inconvenient Truth

In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam’s chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.
Andrew Cockburn
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September 10, 2007 Issue

Feature

That a woman perceived of possessing great personal holiness turns out to be a person who suffered doubt in her experience with God deepens her mystery, rather than lessens it.

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.

Copying the tactics of terrorists, neo-Nazi groups are targeting reformers, progressives and ethnic minorities.

A cable hit’s unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we’ve come from the Sixties.

America’s favorite natural grocery chain is looking like just another greedy, antiunion corporation.

Bush’s war on Iraq mirrors Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt–two disastrous attempts to reshape the Middle East.

A new way to fight global warming and corporate agriculture: Eat only locally grown food, and call yourself a localvore.

The Iowa straw poll offered a penetrating glimpse into the crisis facing the Republican party.

In response to a crime wave, police are imprisoning a record number of nonviolent offenders.

Two years ago, Katrina shed light on a harsh truth–we are all victims of a failed government.

Drastic changes in the educational system are leaving New Orleans’s public schools behind.

Community members and outside organizations are working together to rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.

Editorial

The shaming and resignation of Senator Larry Craig proves that if you’re going to be a hypocrite in American politics, it pays to be a straight hypocrite.

The Vice President and his minions need an education in the rudiments of government. Where are the strict constructionists when we need them?

Just in time for Labor Day, a new report on the gap between the boss and the average worker is a gleefully malicious attack on the richest CEOs.

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.

If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.

A dialogue between the peace activist and The Nation‘s editor over Sheehan’s plan to run for Congress against Representative Nancy Pelosi.

Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress–and the next President–to repair the damage he’s done.

Mideast stability can’t be promoted with arms any more than democracy can be imposed through the barrel of a gun.

Want to know the real differences between the candidates? Listen to what they say about the economy.

Nobody knows if the current financial crisis could become the type of economic unraveling that makes history.

The city lacks the resources to address its residents’ urgent mental health needs.

The toxic neoliberal policies used to rebuild New Orleans have led to a spiraling social crisis.

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Column

A deceitful President, masking the chaos his $3 trillion war has unleashed with photo-ops from Iraq, now confronts cynical Democrats in Congress poised to write another check, willfully blind to the waste of US and Iraqi lives.

Thanks to some major-league grassroots organizing, workers who keep Baltimore’s Camden Yards pristine are close to winning the right to a living wage.

By pumping more money into the economy to bail out hedge funds and subprime lenders, the Federal Reserve will only worsen inflation’s bite into average Americans’ paychecks.

The dark legacy of Alberto Gonzales–torture and a tainted judiciary system–will live on long after he leaves government.

Cindy Sheehan taught us that the only way to reach those who will go to the polls is by taking to the streets.

Protesters in Quebec were treated like contestants in a reality show–put in a field and watched on TV monitors.

Despite what many in the media believe, the American public is interested in more than just right-wing punditry and celebrity gossip.

Say farewell to the Prince of Slime.

Books & the Arts

If the President is allowed to invoke the divine right of kings, the American Revolution will have come full circle.

If the American people continue to avert their eyes from the slow death of an abandoned city, their communities may soon be the next to fail.

A cable hit’s unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we’ve come from the Sixties.

A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is to blame for the tragedy.

Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.

Robert Walser’s writing–opaque and ethereal, provoking and digressive–is finally being introduced to American readers.

In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam’s chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.

Words charm me make me sign And ask that I work at any salary to find them– Words rush

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