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November 13, 2006 Issue

Mark Hertsgaard examines the dangers of nuclear waste, Gary Younge deconstructs Obamarama, Ari Berman parses the Democratic ground game.

Cover art by: Cover painting by Keith Hollingsworth, one of a series, acrylic and collage on canvas; cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

Nation Notes

The Nation Institute establishes the Spira-Lopez Journalism Internship for college students and graduates of Hispanic or Latino origin.

The Editors

A Salute to Molly Ivins

Her writing--sharp, satirical, infused with the spirit of skepticism--reminds us that dissent rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Lewis Lapham

Return to Chelyabinsk

A G-8 plan to ramp up nuclear energy is defended as a necessary response to global warming. But the nuclear waste it generates will hurt people and the planet.

Mark Hertsgaard

What Is at Stake

November 7 is suddenly looking like a fateful election that could change the flow of politics in ways nobody anticipated.

The Editors

Column

What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...

Robert Scheer

The End of Times?

Journalism's in crisis, crushed by Wall Street and tarnished by a failure of nerve. As newspapers die and fake news proliferates, who will provide reliable information vital to a f...

Eric Alterman

Letters

Feature

Character Assassin

Republican adman Scott Howell has racked up a startling Democratic body count with his signature hyperemotional style. Will his attack on Harold Ford Jr. succeed or backfire?

Max Blumenthal

State of Denial

By denying a noted Islamic religious scholar entry to the United States because of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Bush Administration reveals its inability to deal with th...

Stephen Glain

Ground Game ’06

Republicans are hoping voters will forget about Iraq, Bush and the GOP Congress. But these are the issues that will drive Democrats and independents to the polls.

Ari Berman

Bad Day in CA

While Democrats on the national level dream of a landslide, in California, the party is facing another electoral debacle.

Marc Cooper

A New-Model Ford

Harold Ford has wooed and wowed white conservatives in Tennessee with a mash-up of star power, earthy eloquence and a contrarian right-wingery that has driven the GOP to take drast...

Bob Moser

The Torture Election

The GOP's one-party rule has created a constitutional crisis that threatens America's future. By pulling the right lever on November 7, voters can throw this party out of office.

Jonathan Schell

Books & the Arts

What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...

Robert Scheer

Capturing Compassion

Seeking to arouse America's compassion, five photojournalists have documented the suffering of terrorized refugees from Darfur in an exhibition that will travel to cities ar...

Suzanne Charlé

French Lessons

The history of twentieth-century France depicts a struggle between the republican ideal of a unitary state and the shifting concerns of a pluralistic society.

Sunil Khilnani

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