JoAnn Wypijewski The birthers, the anticommunist crazies, the "Obama as Witch Doctor" caricatures: they're all of a piece, welded to sex.

Mark Hertsgaard In the dry Sahel, farmers are already adapting to climate change.
David Cole To try alleged 9/11 perpetrators without handing Al Qaeda a propaganda victory, the trial must be fair beyond question.
Max Blumenthal Why Sarah Palin can't be stopped from going nuclear inside the Republican Party.

Robert S. Eshelman Promising local initiatives are pointing the way forward for national policy.
Christian Parenti Our crumbling atomic power stations and the government agency that loves them.
Christopher Hayes The Chinese own so much of us that they're stuck with us.

The Nation spotlights the senators, amendments, activists and organizations most likely to derail healthcare reform efforts.
Jonathan Schell We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.

Mark Hertsgaard Poor countries can make big gains in climate talks if they stick together, argues Saleemul Huq.
Calvin Trillin
The Lord has got an itch to see these folks filthy rich.
Eric Alterman TNR's more significant sin is to weaken the bond between Israel and liberal American Jews--which is to say, most of them.
Holly Wren Spaulding
Will carbon capture and sequestration help us avoid runaway climate change?
December 7, 2009
Patricia J. Williams on life sentences for juveniles, Jochen Hellebeck on Stephen F. Cohen, a timeline of the road to Copenhagen
November 30, 2009
Alexander Cockburn on Obama's election anniversary, Calvin Trillin on Lieberman's public option position, Ed Morales on Puerto Rico's economic crisis
November 23, 2009
Elizabeth Méndez Berryon DC's new green shoots, the editorson Doctorow's newspaper, Pamela Samuelson on the Google Books settlement.
November 16, 2009
Alexander Cockburn on the right to remain naked, Dave Zirin on the big league blues, and an exchange on saving sex-trafficking victims.
November 9, 2009
Priya Satia on drone attacks, Manan Ahmed on Pakistan paranoia, Bob Moser on Virgina's 2010 gubernatorial race
November 2, 2009
The Editors on Obama's Nobel, Alexander Cockburn on the method behind the Nobel Prize madness, Calvin Trillin on the Nobel Committee's explanation
October 26, 2009
Gary Younge on the decline of white America, Stuart Klawans on Alain Resnais's Wild Grass and Calvin Trillin on the Roman Polanski defenders
October 19, 2009
Drew Westen on rethinking government, Alexander Cockburn on our booster president, Calvin Trillin gets into a UN delegate's head
October 12, 2009
William F. Baker on how to save the news, Richard Lingeman on Ralph Nader's fictional road to utopia and Calvin Trillin on the grand jury investigation of John Edwards.
October 5, 2009
Karen Rothmyer on the 1960 African "airlift" to America, John Nichols on the G-20 summit, and Calvin Trillin on the anniversary of the economic meltdown
September 28, 2009
The Editors on the ambush of Van Jones, John Nichols on competitive primaries and Jon Wiener on Obama's CIA-on-campus program.
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