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April 27, 2009 Issue

Cover art by: Cover illustration by Dusan Petricic, design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Reach Out to Cuba to Heal Guantánamo’s Wounds

As Obama seeks to remake the US-Cuba relationship, why not form a partnership to transform the prison into a health research center?

Marcus G. Raskin and Joshua Frens-String

Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan

Get involved in the peace movement. Demand oversight hearings. Read up on the war--and more.

Z.P. Heller

Dennis Ross’s Iran Plan

Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?

Bob Dreyfuss

Noted.

John Nichols on rainbow pusher Merle Hansen; Richard Kim on April's "queer quake."

The Editors

Not Our Department

For the Labor Department damaged by eight years of Bush neglect, help is finally on the way.

Chris Hayes

Operation Healthcare

Obama's hybrid approach to healthcare reform will succeed if progressives come together to support smart, incremental improvements in public programs.

The Editors

Column

Judgment Day for Tax Cheats

GOP "tea-baggers" take note: The Justice Department is closing in on offshore tax cheats. And former Sen. Phil Gramm, their chief enabler, could be caught in the net.

Robert Scheer

The Upside of Piracy

The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack

President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Lose the ‘Business’; Save the News?

As newspapers become increasingly irrelevant, is making them tax-exempt their last, best hope?

Eric Alterman

Mrs. Obama Meets Mrs. Windsor

Michelle Obama defies the boxes in which women have been caged, expanding the force field of feminism in ecumenical and unsettling ways.

Patricia J. Williams

Rush Limbaugh Threatens to Leave New York City if the State Raises Taxes on People Making More Than $500,000 a Year

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Sexual Trauma & Repressed Memory

Cambridge, Mass.

JoAnn Wypijewski and Our Readers

Feature

What Can Obama Do in Latin America?

On nearly every issue that could either relieve the suffering of Latin Americans or help the US to win back allies, domestic politics will hinder Obama's range of action.

Greg Grandin

Hearts, Minds and Hollywood

American ideals no longer dominate the global public square. So how do we compete for hearts and minds?

Nathan Gardels and Mike Medavoy

Thailand’s Tranquility Crumbles

As mob violence and political strife destroy Thailand's reputation as Southeast Asia's magic kingdom, the fortunes of Vietnam and Indonesia are rising.

Barbara Crossette