September 19, 2005

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Feature

Pat Robertson’s Katrina Cash

Pat Robertson’s shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA’s list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.
Max Blumenthal
Kanye West, Unplugged

NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
Adam Howard
Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch

Beyond the human suffering, Katrina’s sucker punch will be felt in America’s increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.
Michael T. Klare
Living Like a Refugee

Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.
Michael Tisserand
Failing Students, Rising Profits

The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don’t want–and it makes millions.
Annette Fuentes
The One-Eyed Chairman

When the adulation fades, Alan Greenspan will be recognized as a right-wing ideologue and the most politicized Fed chairman in history.
William Greider

Editorial

A Guide to Grassroots Charities

There’s abundant compassion but a great deal of confusion about the best places to send charitable donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Adam Howard
Grassroots Charities Need Your Help

Progressive, grassroots charities on the Gulf Coast are poised to help hurricane victims. Here’s a list of groups that need your donations.
Katha Pollitt
The Power of Outrage

A nation’s conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.
Eric Foner
In Rehnquist’s Footsteps

The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.
Bruce Shapiro
To Return and Rise Again

Louisiana’s poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans’s displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.
Brenda Marie Osbey
Honor Their Sacrifice

Mounting American casualties alone cannot turn us away from this ill-advised war. Democrats and anti-war advocates should let words and peaceful actions speak, instead of guns and corpses.
Jonathan Schell
Messing With Mother Nature

Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Spying on the Protesters

It’s déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
John S. Friedman
Roberts, Without Illusions

As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He’s ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.
The Editors
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Column

The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed

The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.
Robert Scheer
Theocracy Lite

How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
Katha Pollitt
Bush’s War: The Levees Are Giving Way

The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn’t know what lie to put out next.
Alexander Cockburn
A Robertson Republican

Bush’s paean to his staunchest ally’s murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

The Power of Outrage

A nation’s conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.
Eric Foner
Kanye West, Unplugged

NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
Adam Howard
To Return and Rise Again

Louisiana’s poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans’s displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.
Brenda Marie Osbey
Tramps Like Us

Thirty summers ago, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run exploded the cynicism and complacency of a morally exhausted era and gave a new generation reason to believe in rock and roll.
Eric Alterman
The American Sublime

Robert Smithson’s epic earthwork, Spiral Jetty tends to render critics speechless.
Arthur C. Danto
Good Vibrations

Orgasms used to be a secret, then they became a right. Now they’re a duty. It’s time to explode the myths.
Cristina Nehring
Requiem for a Dream

Daniel Fuchs’s The Golden West is best read as an author’s requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
David L. Ulin
Optimism of the Will

The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.
Mike Davis
A Robertson Republican

Bush’s paean to his staunchest ally’s murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.
Calvin Trillin
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Letters

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September 19, 2005

Feature

Pat Robertson’s shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA’s list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.

NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.

Beyond the human suffering, Katrina’s sucker punch will be felt in America’s increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.

Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.

The Community Education Partners (CEP) serves students the public schools don’t want–and it makes millions.

When the adulation fades, Alan Greenspan will be recognized as a right-wing ideologue and the most politicized Fed chairman in history.

Editorial

There’s abundant compassion but a great deal of confusion about the best places to send charitable donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Progressive, grassroots charities on the Gulf Coast are poised to help hurricane victims. Here’s a list of groups that need your donations.

A nation’s conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.

The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.

Louisiana’s poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans’s displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.

Mounting American casualties alone cannot turn us away from this ill-advised war. Democrats and anti-war advocates should let words and peaceful actions speak, instead of guns and corpses.

Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

It’s déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.

As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He’s ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.

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Column

The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.

How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?

The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn’t know what lie to put out next.

Bush’s paean to his staunchest ally’s murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.

Books & the Arts

A nation’s conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner gives a history lesson.

NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.

Louisiana’s poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans’s displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.

Thirty summers ago, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run exploded the cynicism and complacency of a morally exhausted era and gave a new generation reason to believe in rock and roll.

Robert Smithson’s epic earthwork, Spiral Jetty tends to render critics speechless.

Orgasms used to be a secret, then they became a right. Now they’re a duty. It’s time to explode the myths.

Daniel Fuchs’s The Golden West is best read as an author’s requiem for the Hollywood he loved.

The rich legacy of former Nation editor and activist Carey McWilliams is on full display in three books.

Bush’s paean to his staunchest ally’s murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.

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

Letters

MINOR REBUKES ON NUKES Dummerston, Vt.

MINOR REBUKES ON NUKES

Dummerston, Vt.