![Blowback in Somalia](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/indha-adde_hp_0.jpg)
Blowback in Somalia Blowback in Somalia
How US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.
Sep 7, 2011 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Mitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit Mitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit
The candidate comes forward with a detailed economic plan that would hinder recovery and lower revenue.
Sep 7, 2011 / Ben Adler
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Trapped on the European Fringe Trapped on the European Fringe
Caught in debt, being fed the poison of austerity, the victims of Europe’s crisis seek a path out.
Sep 7, 2011 / Feature / Andy Robinson
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Go Big, Mr. President Go Big, Mr. President
Four things Obama can push in his speech tonight to get America back on track.
Sep 7, 2011 / The Editors
![Cuomo Fails Public Schools](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/andrew_cuomo_ap_hp.jpg)
Cuomo Fails Public Schools Cuomo Fails Public Schools
While progressives protest the budget-slashing of Tea Party governors like Wisconsin's Scott Walker, are Democrats like New York's Andrew Cuomo getting a free pass?
Sep 7, 2011 / Billy Easton
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on taxing Wall Street, Mike Elk on a win against the megabanks and Katelyn Belyus on subscribing to The Nation while incarcerated
Sep 7, 2011 / Various Contributors
![Attica at 40](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/attica_3_ap_hp.jpg)
Attica at 40 Attica at 40
Four decades after the bloodiest prison massacre in US history, we have yet to accept the basic fact that prisoners are human.
Sep 7, 2011 / Liliana Segura
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Secrets of the Keystone XL Pipeline Secrets of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Our country has no need for the Keystone pipeline extension.
Sep 7, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
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The Poor: Still Here, Still Poor The Poor: Still Here, Still Poor
We keep hearing about how the recession wounded the middle class. But the poor are hurting much worse.
Sep 7, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Politically Talented Is Rick Perry? How Politically Talented Is Rick Perry?
The Texas governor has won in state by appealing to the GOP base. But how will that play in a national election?
Sep 7, 2011 / Ben Adler