A Neo-Deal

The new positive rights of the twenty-first century.

William Alexander Organek

A Modern Government

We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.

Max Rose

The Way Forward

The New Deal demonstrated the power of government to address failures of the market, and to retreat once it was no longer needed

Kirti Datla

When and How?

The ethos of the New Deal is only more prescient and pressing today.

John West

The Change We Wish to See

Real change cannot come from the top down alone; it must rise up from the bottom as well.

Grant Resick

Oh, What a Lovely War! So?

Two outrageous statements by Bush and Cheney demonstrate their scorn and contempt for the American people and for the armed forces they command.

Michael Takiff

It’s a Scandal, All Right

Media pundits and bloggers bloviate when journalists make mistakes. But where is their outrage over the biggest fraud of all: the way the media followed Bush to war?

Mary Mapes

Waiting for the Next Revolution

After fifty years of revolution, a change of leadership offers the possibility of significant change. But the average Cuban seems to have no idea how to proceed.

Jordana Timerman

The Little Administration That Couldn’t

At the hour of our latest and greatest crisis, don't expect anything of this bunch but the usual heck of a job.

Tom Engelhardt

Health Policy Placebos

Clinton and Obama haven't come up with real solutions yet, but a mass movement could push them toward the right solution.

Steffie Woolhandler and David U. Himmelstein

Noted.

Prizes for The Nation, Pelosi in Tibet, counting the casualties.

The Editors

For a Social Bailout

Let's reinvent progressive economic policy, starting with our own sovereign wealth fund to deal with urgent social needs.

Robin Blackburn

End the War: Try Again

Ten Congressional Democratic challengers have proposed a "Responsible Plan to End the War." It just might work.

Chris Hayes

An Unreported Scandal

The Bush Administration has presided over the highest run-up in military spending since World War II. As our economy collapses, why can't the media connect the dots?

Robert Scheer

Worst News of the Year

Here's what's gone wrong so far--and it's only April

Annabelle Gurwitch

Sportswriters Swoon Over DC Ballpark

A ballpark for rich folks displaces the poor. But the Washington Post fails to utter a discouraging word.

Dave Zirin

Put Inflation on the Political Agenda

Gas is up, sneakers are up, onions are up and eggs, too. The only thing that is not up is your income.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Maybe One Cheer for Barack Obama

He's not a real fighter. He's too pretty and doesn't want to get his looks messed up.

Alexander Cockburn

Democratic Devolution

Ward Sutton

What Real Straight Talk From McCain Would Sound Like on the Fifth Anniversary Of the Iraq War

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Kaffeeklatsch: The Woman or the Black?

San Francisco

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