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June 30, 2008 Issue
Charles Barber on a drugged-up nation, Gabriel Thompson on the wealth gap, Jon Wiener on race…
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Editorial
The brother of one of four US churchwomen murdered in El Salvador used his legal skills to bring their killers to justice.
Scott Greathead and Michael Posner
Race remains a fundamental divide in American society--so why is the issue missing from the presidential campaign?
Gregory D. Squires
America is literally awash in antidepressants. Blame the surfeit of drugs in our system on a confusion between illness and suffering.
Charles Barber
Dennis Kucinich's impeachment play; architects of the subprime mortgage disaster; sexism and the Clinton campaign.
The Editors
Imagine the benefits if we could make significant cutbacks in military spending.
Robert Scheer
Let's hope Barack Obama resists the impulse to move to the center on one of the most contentious issues of the campaign: leaving Iraq.
The Editors
Cartoon commentary.
Barry Rockwell
Column
If Obama's looking for a right-of-center running-mate, Hillary's the best option out there.
Robert Scheer
Does Obama's candidacy represent a progressive paradigm shift--or is he just another mainstream Democrat?
Gary Younge
Before Obama can transform the economy, he has some housecleaning to do.
Naomi Klein
They enabled the Iraq catastrophe and now spin a self-flattering narrative to excuse their failings.
Eric Alterman
Feature
One of the world's most prominent critics of US interventionism talks about his new post as UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
Linda Mamoun
Why is Barack Obama courting right-wing groups like AIPAC and steering clear of the American Jewish left and center?
Nadia Hijab
This Week: Congresswoman Kang has a revealing chat in the park, while Chet Kimbrough goes missing... again.
Gary Phillips
Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.
Lizzy Ratner
A teacher discovers that sixty years after its publication, Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country still stirs deep emotions about fathers and errant sons.
Joseph H. Cooper
The Supreme Court delivers a dramatic blow to the President's lawless detention policies, overturns an effort by the previous Congress to eliminate the right of habeas corpus and s...
Jonathan Hafetz
More information about our extremely unequal world--and to help advance the struggle for a more equal future (web only).
The Nation
A NOTE ON SOURCES
Chart One: Re-creating the Gap that Gave Us the Great Depression
The Nation
Our forebears struggled to survive in a world dominated by the superrich. Now it's our turn.
Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
In the era of the superrich, if a place is truly beautiful, ordinary people can't afford to be there.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Will Obama's presidential candidacy signal a change for impoverished African-Americans?
Dedrick Muhammad
Top dogs and underdogs brush shoulders in Manhattan.
Gabriel Thompson
What to call our current economic era? An all-star progressive panel of judges will pore over the entries and announce a winner.
The Editors
Today's elite spend on a grand scale while pretending to be "just folks."
Doug Henwood
In this age of inequality, the wealth that should be shared by all Americans trickle up to the rich.
John Cavanagh and Chuck Collins
Books & the Arts
Philip Guston at the Morgan Library.
Nick Stillman
Poet Honor Moore talks about her family's response to her memoir, The Bishop's Daughter.
Christine Smallwood
A new book explores the historical ties between African-American and Japanese-American communities in Los Angeles.
Jon Wiener
New collections by Adam Zagajewski and Julia Hartwig suggest that postwar Polish verse can't be reduced to "poetry of witness."
Benjamin Paloff
The history of Pakistan's border regions remains an unruly captive of the imperial "Great Game."
Basharat Peer
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