China in the Driver’s Seat

On the American left, there's no consensus about how to respond to China's emergence. Confront China or accommodate? Slam China with tariffs or invite it to build in the US? And what about human rights? Robert Dreyfuss talks to progressives about what the country's rapid rise means for the Chinese—and for Americans.

Bob Dreyfuss

The Greening of China

China must do two things at once: continue to industrialize while sharply limiting carbon emissions. Will its newfound focus on renewable energy technology be enough?

Bob Dreyfuss

Nevada Goes Bust

A severe budget crisis has put all state services--from education to eldercare--in jeopardy.

Sasha Abramsky

The Right Angle on Reid

If Harry Reid loses this fall, he's just getting what he deserves.

J. Patrick Coolican

Eyes on the Prize

Let's get a grip: the left isn't going to win every 24-hour news cycle. And that shouldn't be our goal.

the Editors

Our Iraq Debacle

America needs to remember the disastrous consequences of the war in Iraq. But Obama wants to put it all behind us.

the Editors

Noted.

Katrina vanden Heuvel endorses Eric Schneiderman's "transformational politics," Ari Berman resports on the GOP's "vulture" capitalist, and John Nichols appreciates the "Palin Effect."

Various Contributors

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Brian Stauffer

The UAW Hits the Streets

Bob King, the new UAW president, has dusted off the union and renewed its activist traditions.

John Nichols

Ten Things the Past Can Teach Us Today

"Live as if you are free" and other lessons of the past can help us build a progressive future.

The Nation

It’s Better Over There

In Germany, a strong social safety net keeps people from plunging into the abyss. Why are we so averse to having that security in the United States?

Katha Pollitt

What Are Words Worth?

Speech is not the only, or even the most powerful, conduit of racial liberation—or racial oppression.

Melissa Harris-Perry

On Revelations of Where the Secret Funding for the Tea Party Comes From

Who's behind the curtain?

Calvin Trillin

Ten Things the Past Can Teach Us Today

"Live as if you are free" and other lessons of the past can help us build a progressive future.

The Nation

Unequal Sacrifice

Why are poorer and less-educated citizens more likely to die in America's wars?

Andrew J. Bacevich

Busted: Stories of the Financial Crisis

The one thing that a thousand books written from within the financial crisis won't contemplate is the possibility of an unhappy ending for capitalism.

Joshua Clover

Peregrine

Ed Roberson

Shelf Life

Ruth Harris's Dreyfus; Deborah Amos's Eclipse of the Sunnis.

John Palattella

Reverse Psychology: On Ernst Weiss

In Georg Letham, Ernst Weiss turned to psychoanalysis to tap an atmosphere of unknown terror and mystery.

Elias Altman

Letters to the Editor

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 1599

This puzzle originally appeared in the September 20, 1975, issue.

Frank W. Lewis