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July 6, 2009 Issue

Barbara Crossette on Ban Ki Moon, Sasha Abramsky on the war on drugs, Robert Perkinson on prisons…

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Editorial

Obama’s False Financial Reform

What's missing in the President's call for reform are concrete rules that address a dysfunctional banking system. Slow down the rush to weak solutions.

William Greider

Obama’s Transparency Problem

The president gets mixed grades on his promises of transparency: good to the public and the press, not so good to the other two branches.

Ari Melber

Obama’s Iran Response Should be Bolder

This president does not need to make threats to champion democracy.

John Nichols

Healthcare Pushback

Taxing benefits may raise money for Obama's healthcare reform, but it would betray union members who gave up wage increases in order to get decent coverage.

William Greider

Ban’s Way

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is halfway through his first term. Whether he gets a second term depends on his ability to get results.

Barbara Crossette

Noted.

John Nichols on antiwar Democrats, Corbin Hiar on Greenland and global warming, The Nation Associates on Ning

The Editors

The Compensation Hustle

How will Washington recalibrate the share of gains captured by shareholders, executives and workers in a post-crash economy?

Chris Hayes

Turmoil in Tehran

The world is watching as the next chapter in the future of Iran unfolds.

The Editors

Column

Foreclosure Fiasco

The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis is a huge bust. Will the president be able to extricate us from this mess?

Robert Scheer