November 27, 2006

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November 27, 2006

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Feature

Dismay Grows Over US Torture School

As peace activists converge on Fort Benning for the annual demonstration to shut down the School of the Americas, companion protests are taking place across Latin America, as revulsion grows over US policies on torture.
Patrick Mulvaney
Letter From Canada: The New Christian Right

Canada’s new conservative prime minister is forging ties with US conservatives and evangelicals as Canada moves toward an Americanized Christian state.
Chris Hedges
A New Idea Grows in Alabama

Poverty, race and obesity have a lot in common. In Alabama an underfunded federal program addresses the problem by providing fresh produce to low-income residents and seniors.
Mark Winne
‘Arrows for the War’

The Christian “Quiverfull” movement measures a mother’s spiritual resolve by the number of children she raises, each one an arrow in the quiver of God’s army.
Kathryn Joyce

Editorial

Wanted: A Real Leader

Steny Hoyer spouts Beltway conventional wisdom no matter what the cost to his party; Jack Murtha has the potential to help revise our national security and economic priorities. Is there really a choice here?
David Sirota
Ellen Willis, 1941-2006

Friends and colleagues remember Ellen Willis, political essayist, journalist, rock critic and valued contributor to The Nation, who died November 9.
The Nation
A Win for Women

Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.
Liza Featherstone
Haggard Values

The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.
Richard Kim
Fixing Elections

Let’s stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.
Andrew Gumbel
A New Southern Strategy

The midterm elections proved to Democrats that the South must not be written off. The key to winning rural and working-class voters in Dixie is the same as anywhere else.
Bob Moser
And Now, Iraq

The election is over; the war is not. And George W. Bush is suddenly in one tight corner.
David Corn
Measuring the Mandate

Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.
John Nichols
It’s Over for Bush

As voters expressed their disgust, this election signaled a repudiation of the corrupt Bush regime, a clear antiwar victory and the collapse of the conservative order.
The Editors
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Column

The Death of News

In cities across America, reporters are being laid off, TV stations are cutting back coverage and the newspaper industry is crumbling to dust. When it all shakes out, will Wikipedia be as good as it gets?
Nicholas von Hoffman
Murtha’s No Leftie: He’s Right

As Democrats choose between a stalwart critic of the Iraq War and a proponent of Bush policies for Majority Leader, Fox News gets in the act, casting centrist Pennnsylvania Rep. John Murtha as a partisan extremist. Huh?
Robert Scheer
Time to Abolish the Editorial Page?

Do newspapers really need special pages for political pronouncements, stentorian tone and candidate endorsements?
Eric Alterman
Keeping Up Appearances

What are we to make of those who would equate Muslim women who wear the veil with the threat of terrorism?
Patricia J. Williams
A Silver Lining for House Republicans

At least one person in the GOP might feel relieved.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The Last Antiwar Poem

Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra,” written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.
Rolf Potts
A Civilizing Mission

The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.
Amitava Kumar
The Business of America

The American Way of Strategy and Empire’s Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
George Scialabba
The Body in Pain

Fernando Botero’s latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.
Arthur C. Danto
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November 27, 2006

Feature

As peace activists converge on Fort Benning for the annual demonstration to shut down the School of the Americas, companion protests are taking place across Latin America, as revulsion grows over US policies on torture.

Canada’s new conservative prime minister is forging ties with US conservatives and evangelicals as Canada moves toward an Americanized Christian state.

Poverty, race and obesity have a lot in common. In Alabama an underfunded federal program addresses the problem by providing fresh produce to low-income residents and seniors.

The Christian “Quiverfull” movement measures a mother’s spiritual resolve by the number of children she raises, each one an arrow in the quiver of God’s army.

Editorial

Steny Hoyer spouts Beltway conventional wisdom no matter what the cost to his party; Jack Murtha has the potential to help revise our national security and economic priorities. Is there really a choice here?

Friends and colleagues remember Ellen Willis, political essayist, journalist, rock critic and valued contributor to The Nation, who died November 9.

Thanks to a thoughtful grassroots campaign, voters in South Dakota rejected a draconian abortion ban.

The homophobic values vote took a body blow in the midterm elections, helped along by hypocrisy in high places.

Let’s stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.

The midterm elections proved to Democrats that the South must not be written off. The key to winning rural and working-class voters in Dixie is the same as anywhere else.

The election is over; the war is not. And George W. Bush is suddenly in one tight corner.

Democrats will claim their electoral mandate by understanding how they won: by fielding activist candidates with a clear antiwar message and by defending civil liberties.

As voters expressed their disgust, this election signaled a repudiation of the corrupt Bush regime, a clear antiwar victory and the collapse of the conservative order.

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

Column

In cities across America, reporters are being laid off, TV stations are cutting back coverage and the newspaper industry is crumbling to dust. When it all shakes out, will Wikipedia be as good as it gets?

As Democrats choose between a stalwart critic of the Iraq War and a proponent of Bush policies for Majority Leader, Fox News gets in the act, casting centrist Pennnsylvania Rep. John Murtha as a partisan extremist. Huh?

Do newspapers really need special pages for political pronouncements, stentorian tone and candidate endorsements?

What are we to make of those who would equate Muslim women who wear the veil with the threat of terrorism?

At least one person in the GOP might feel relieved.

Books & the Arts

Allen Ginsberg’s “Wichita Vortex Sutra,” written at the height of the Vietnam War, speaks with a jarring relevance today.

The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.

The American Way of Strategy and Empire’s Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.

Fernando Botero’s latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.

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

Letters

MORE MILITARY FAMILIES’ VOICES… Old Bridge, NJ

MORE MILITARY FAMILIES’ VOICES…

Old Bridge, NJ