What Was I Fighting For?

I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan. We need a clear mission, an exit strategy and a commitment to diplomacy.

Rick Reyes

Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger

Eat less meat, conserve energy, buy fair-trade products, support sustainable agriculture, advocate for food security as a human right...

The Nation

Lax Little Islands

Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats--prosecuting them as criminals and requiring full payment, with penalties and interest.

David Cay Johnston

Noted.

The paper industry's tax loophole; healthcare reform protesters under arrest; apartheid victims' day in court; a Hillman award for The Nation.

The Editors

The More Things Change

Wall Street's pervasive influence on Obama's change agenda props up banks, while the real economy continues to suffer.

Jeff Faux

Coming Up Thorns

Premature optimism about the economy could swiftly undermine the president's credibility. Stand by, taxpayers: there may be more rescues ahead.

The Editors

Our Loss is BlackRock’s Gain

The unregulated hedge fund calls the shots in the government's trillion-dollar bailout program--snapping up bad loans some of its execs originally marketed.

Robert Scheer

Unnatural Born Killer

A Wesleyan student is stalked and killed by a man with a gun and a mind full of hate.

Katha Pollitt

Who Needs Yesterday’s Papers?

Weep not for the death of the old Fourth Estate: at almost every critical hour, in every decade, it failed us.

Alexander Cockburn

Manny Ramirez

Calvin Trillin

Torturers

Robert Grossman

Letters

Women's Health on the Back Burner

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