January 21, 2008

Free Teaching Guide

January 21, 2008

Bring America‘s most incisive writers and editors to your classroom with free teaching material from The Nation.
· FREE Weekly Teaching Guides and Educator Email Newsletter
· Discounted subscriptions.

To download the teaching guide click here

Feature

A Conversation with Joe Trippi

John Edwards’s political consultant talks about web-driven organizing, why Hillary Clinton may be the next Howard Dean and how bloggers and mainstream media are covering the campaign.
Ari Melber
The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side

We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the news, and everyday life.
Tom Engelhardt
Amid Silence, Terror War Escalates

Bush’s “war on terror” is escalating without discussion or dissent amid the most open and democratic of American processes–the presidential debates.
Tom Hayden
New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary

Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor: Will voters care?
Harvey Wasserman
A New Diplomacy for Pakistan

As American policy-makers and pundits seek a Plan B for Pakistan, it’s time to recognize the desperate need for a new diplomacy for the Muslim world.
Christian Parenti
Benazir’s Bequest

In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, it’s easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.
Amy Wilentz
A Night at the Caucus

An Iowa native attends his home-town caucus, and discovers deliberative democracy at its freewheeling finest. d
Ari Berman
Kenya’s Rigged Election

A stolen presidential vote–and not tribal conflict–has plunged Kenya into chaos and violence.
Tavia Nyong’o
Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

The Nation
The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars

All the candidates reject Bush’s disasters–but that won’t be enough for the next administration.
Ari Berman
The Mad-Money Primary Race

If we don’t fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.
John Nichols

Editorial

Anti-War Lessons From New Hampshire

How will Democratic candidates end the war? None of the scenarios offered to New Hampshire voters really addressed the issue.

Tom Hayden
Recession–Who Cares?

Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies–one for the rich and one for everyone else–and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression, for a long, long time.
Barbara Ehrenreich
A Season of ‘Change’

Throughout the political sphere–in Democratic and Republican campaigns, in media coverage and pollsters’ surveys–the word “change” is bubbling on people’s lips. What does it really mean?
Jonathan Schell
Beyond the Labor Board

Partisan appointments to Bush’s National Labor Relations Board have ensured it’s virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.
Max Fraser
Noted.

Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol’s ball, revisiting Hoover’s roundup.
The Editors
Toy Story

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.
Daphne Eviatar
Pakistan’s Plight

A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakistan, and it is not an edifying sight.
Tariq Ali
GET UNLIMITED DIGITAL ACCESS FOR LESS THAN $3 A MONTH!

Subscribe

Column

Coming to Terms With Huckabee

There’s a lot to like about Mike Huckabee. But when you look at his record, there’s a lot to worry about.
Nicholas von Hoffman
Play the Class Card

Hillary Clinton may claim that her gender makes her the unmistakeable agent of change–but what’s radical about voting for a corporate lawyer?
Robert Scheer
Maternity Fashions, Junior Size

Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it’s 2008!
Katha Pollitt
Against Dullness: The Campaigns So Far

All great seasons in politics begin with excitement. Right now there’s none.
Alexander Cockburn
Mitt Romney As Doll

Wonder what this guy is made of?
Calvin Trillin
…and Now a Friendly Public Service Message from the Growth Hormone Industry

Ward Sutton

Books & the Arts

The Dot Matrix

In I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Laila Lalami
Fly Papers

An English translation of Lydie Salvayre’s The Power of Flies demonstrates how this novelist and practicing psychiatrist has earned more nervous respect than love in France.
Lorna Scott Fox
Castro Helps Chavez Avert a Coup

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

The Nation
Two Poems for The Nation

1.
Jack Spicer
A Human Pledge

The most important American love poet in living memory, Robert Creeley celebrated the body and its ambivalent desires with a touch as light as a song.
Susan Stewart
The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Sign up

Letters

Letters

ISRAEL’S ‘SACRIFICE’ DOESN’T CUT IT

New York City
Our Readers

Log In

January 21, 2008

Feature

John Edwards’s political consultant talks about web-driven organizing, why Hillary Clinton may be the next Howard Dean and how bloggers and mainstream media are covering the campaign.

We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the news, and everyday life.

Bush’s “war on terror” is escalating without discussion or dissent amid the most open and democratic of American processes–the presidential debates.

Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor: Will voters care?

As American policy-makers and pundits seek a Plan B for Pakistan, it’s time to recognize the desperate need for a new diplomacy for the Muslim world.

In the shock, power grabs and crackdowns that followed Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, it’s easy to forget that the greatest casualty in Pakistan is the rule of law.

An Iowa native attends his home-town caucus, and discovers deliberative democracy at its freewheeling finest. d

A stolen presidential vote–and not tribal conflict–has plunged Kenya into chaos and violence.

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

All the candidates reject Bush’s disasters–but that won’t be enough for the next administration.

If we don’t fix the nominating process this year, it will be even worse in 2012.

Editorial

How will Democratic candidates end the war? None of the scenarios offered to New Hampshire voters really addressed the issue.

Politicians and economists find it hard to admit that we have two economies–one for the rich and one for everyone else–and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression, for a long, long time.

Throughout the political sphere–in Democratic and Republican campaigns, in media coverage and pollsters’ surveys–the word “change” is bubbling on people’s lips. What does it really mean?

Partisan appointments to Bush’s National Labor Relations Board have ensured it’s virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.

Guest blogging at The Nation.com, gazing into Kristol’s ball, revisiting Hoover’s roundup.

An eviscerated Consumer Product Safety Commission means American children still face perils from their toys.

A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakistan, and it is not an edifying sight.

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

Column

There’s a lot to like about Mike Huckabee. But when you look at his record, there’s a lot to worry about.

Hillary Clinton may claim that her gender makes her the unmistakeable agent of change–but what’s radical about voting for a corporate lawyer?

Teens getting pregnant: bad. Teens having babies: good. If this makes no sense, wake up and smell the Enfamil: it’s 2008!

All great seasons in politics begin with excitement. Right now there’s none.

Wonder what this guy is made of?

Books & the Arts

In I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.

An English translation of Lydie Salvayre’s The Power of Flies demonstrates how this novelist and practicing psychiatrist has earned more nervous respect than love in France.

An excerpt from Fidel Castro: My Life, a spoken autobiography.

1.

The most important American love poet in living memory, Robert Creeley celebrated the body and its ambivalent desires with a touch as light as a song.

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

Letters

ISRAEL’S ‘SACRIFICE’ DOESN’T CUT IT New York City

ISRAEL’S ‘SACRIFICE’ DOESN’T CUT IT

New York City