March 1, 2010

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Sri Lanka Wins a War and Diminishes Democracy

In its 62 years of independence, Sri Lanka has never had a better chance than it has now to stamp out the last fires of ethnic hatred, violence and mindless chauvinisms that have left over 80,000 people dead in civil wars across the country.
Barbara Crossette
How Sustainable Is ‘Socially Responsible’ Mining?

In the ten years since the mining industry has gone “responsible,” have things really improved for local communities–or has the industry’s PR just gotten better?
Matt Kennard
Gaza: Treading on Shards

The people of Gaza know they have been abandoned.
Sara Roy
Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism

Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine’s Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.
Various Contributors
The New Deal in Reverse

How could Barack Obama have ended up, one year later, where Franklin Delano Roosevelt began?
Steve Fraser
The Hero of the Orange Revolution Poisons Ukraine

No politician has ever suffered a more humiliating rejection than the former leader of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution and its current sitting president, Viktor Yushchenko.
Mark Ames
John Logue, 1947-2009

Remembering a visionary thinker and doer.
William Greider
The Cleveland Model

Thoroughly green and worker-owned, co-ops are a vibrant response to economic distress.
Gar Alperovitz , Thad Williamson and Ted Howard
‘We Won’t Bow Down’

The joy and community found in Mardi Gras offer an antidote to defeatism and despair.
Rebecca Solnit
The Media-Lobbying Complex

The talking heads of cable news are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.
Sebastian Jones

Editorial

Torture Lawyers on Trial?

Spain is leading the charge to criminally investigate US government officials over torture.
David Cole
A 2010 Elections Primer

Seven ways to frame the 2010 fight for Congress and the statehouses.
John Nichols
Tea Party Hypocrisy

Tea partyers’ enthusiasm may be genuine, but let’s not forget: this is a right-wing reactionary movement.
The Editors
Noted.

D.D. Guttenplan on the end of Thatcherism, John Nichols on Al Franken’s response to the proposed Comcast/NBC merger.
The Editors
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Column

It’s Greek to Goldman Sachs

“What is this Goldman Sachs and why has it caused us so much grief?” is a question they must be asking in even the most remote of Greek villages, as they are throughout much of this economically troubled world.
Robert Scheer
Exchange: Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn on the Hispanic Crime Rate

How groundbreaking is research showing that Hispanics have a crime rate comparable to white Americans? Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn debate.
Alexander Cockburn and Katha Pollitt
Dropping in on the Tea Party

A tour of Tea Party Nation reveals an all-white movement moving further right from their Bush-era social agendas and into a growing anti-establishment populism.
Gary Younge
Zinn-ophobia at NPR

NPR’s attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard Zinn’s obituary.
Eric Alterman
Haiti: A Creditor, Not a Debtor

It is we in the West who owe it reparations.
Naomi Klein
‘Goldman Chief’s $9 Million Bonus Seen by Some as Show of Restraint’

Blankfein’s bonus: too petite?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism

Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine’s Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.
Various Contributors
Zinn-ophobia at NPR

NPR’s attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard Zinn’s obituary.
Eric Alterman
Not Even Bing’s: On Louis Armstrong

Terry Teachout’s new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove.
David Schiff
The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy

The axis of moral struggle, a stroke of salvation–these are the spiritual dimensions of Tolstoy’s late fiction.
William Deresiewicz
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Letters

Letters

Our Readers and the Obama Promise
Jeffersonville, Pa.
Our Readers

Crossword

Puzzle No. 811

ACROSS

1 Skate, for example, expected to be quiet. (6)
Frank W. Lewis

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March 1, 2010

Feature

In its 62 years of independence, Sri Lanka has never had a better chance than it has now to stamp out the last fires of ethnic hatred, violence and mindless chauvinisms that have left over 80,000 people dead in civil wars across the country.

In the ten years since the mining industry has gone “responsible,” have things really improved for local communities–or has the industry’s PR just gotten better?

The people of Gaza know they have been abandoned.

Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine’s Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.

How could Barack Obama have ended up, one year later, where Franklin Delano Roosevelt began?

No politician has ever suffered a more humiliating rejection than the former leader of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution and its current sitting president, Viktor Yushchenko.

Remembering a visionary thinker and doer.

Thoroughly green and worker-owned, co-ops are a vibrant response to economic distress.

The joy and community found in Mardi Gras offer an antidote to defeatism and despair.

The talking heads of cable news are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.

Editorial

Spain is leading the charge to criminally investigate US government officials over torture.

Seven ways to frame the 2010 fight for Congress and the statehouses.

Tea partyers’ enthusiasm may be genuine, but let’s not forget: this is a right-wing reactionary movement.

D.D. Guttenplan on the end of Thatcherism, John Nichols on Al Franken’s response to the proposed Comcast/NBC merger.

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Column

“What is this Goldman Sachs and why has it caused us so much grief?” is a question they must be asking in even the most remote of Greek villages, as they are throughout much of this economically troubled world.

How groundbreaking is research showing that Hispanics have a crime rate comparable to white Americans? Katha Pollitt and Alexander Cockburn debate.

A tour of Tea Party Nation reveals an all-white movement moving further right from their Bush-era social agendas and into a growing anti-establishment populism.

NPR’s attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard Zinn’s obituary.

It is we in the West who owe it reparations.

Blankfein’s bonus: too petite?

Books & the Arts

Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine’s Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.

NPR’s attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard Zinn’s obituary.

Terry Teachout’s new biography of Louis Armstrong is stuck in the discophile groove.

The axis of moral struggle, a stroke of salvation–these are the spiritual dimensions of Tolstoy’s late fiction.

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

Letters

Our Readers and the Obama Promise Jeffersonville, Pa.

Crossword

ACROSS 1 Skate, for example, expected to be quiet. (6)

Our Readers and the Obama Promise
Jeffersonville, Pa.

ACROSS

1 Skate, for example, expected to be quiet. (6)