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Scott Sherman Rupert Murdoch has not wrecked the Wall Street Journal, as many had predicted. But a key question remains: is the new regime committed to unbiased reporting, or will it politicize the news?
William Deresiewicz With Don't Cry, a disabling self-consciousness has crept into Mary Gaitskill's fiction.
John Nichols Congress must act to remove from positions of trust those who sanctioned torture and dial down the imperial presidency that has evolved on its watch.
Brave New Films The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explores the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan in the last of a three-part debate.
Eric Alterman We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.
Chesa Boudin
The movement that elected Evo Morales--and that pressures him now--has deep roots.

Christine Smallwood A conversation with the author of The Life You Can Save about charitable giving and the utility monster argument.
The Editors
Jane Harman's wiretap, Chávez and Obama, justice in Guatemala, a remembrance of Walter Schneir
VideoNation The Nation's editor and publisher discusses the successes and blemishes on Obama's record over the course of his first 100 days.

Richard Pollak Until the shipping community abandons its pinch-penny cynicism, piracy off the coast of Somalia is certain to grow.
George Scialabba Two new histories examine contemporary liberalism's entrails and peer into its future.
Christopher Hayes Three months into the Obama era, the euphoria of the election has begun to dissipate.
Nicholas von Hoffman After all the help that's been given to banks or extorted from the public, we have the feeling financial institutions are not doing much with the money.
Media Matters for America This video features a dirty dozen collection of media moments from Obama's first 100 days, now you can vote for the worst.
Jean Valentine
Karen Rothmyer The Obama administration is sending mixed signals on how to deal with pirates.
David Cole If we are to pursue our security without abandoning our ideals, laws on groups financing terror need drastic reform.
VideoNation Every year, The Nation cruise brings together supporters of the magazine with its writers, contributors and heros.
Nicholas von Hoffman Bank of America's Ken Lewis has done his bit to reinforce the idea that the CEOs who got us into this mess are a pack of liars.
Jean Valentine
Greg Grandin
At the Summit of the Americas, Obama went far toward repairing the damage done by two decades of disastrous economic policy.
George A. Papandreou "Rescue socialism" won't work if it fails to go beyond quick-fix measures.
Countdown The Nation's Chris Hayes points out the absurdity of the double-sided GOP response to the release of Bush-era torture memos.

Robert Scheer Obama's allowing the same Clinton-era policy makers who set us up for financial crisis make economic policy. What happened to the socially conscious guy we voted for?
Adrian C. Louis
Norman Birnbaum Whoever now governs the country (a point on which there was no agreement) is likely to remain resolutely indifferent to the message of Left Forum 2009.
Tom Engelhardt Why dead Afghan civilians aren't collateral damage but the heart of the matter.
GRIT TV New Yorker editor and staff writer Hendrik Hertzberg, novelist Walter Mosley, Faye Wattleton and Miles Rappaport on Obama's first 100 days and the next 900.
Stephen Glain The prospect of a dynastic succession could make for a messy transfer of power in the political epicenter of the Arab world.
Philip Radford The Obama administration is giving mixed signals on global warming: claiming the right to regulate greenhouse gases but also expecting Congress to rewrite climate change regulations.
Andrew J. Bacevich In order to solve our problems Americans must begin to see ourselves as we really are.