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October 10, 2011 Issue

Eric Foner on narratives of the Civil War, Gordon Lafer on change unions need and a poem by Bernard Nöel

Cover art by: Cover photo of the fortieth-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington (2003) by Mannie Garcia/Reuters, cover design by Milton Glaser Incorporated

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Editorial

Will Obama Fix Rigged Union Elections?

The NLRB has proposed a rule change that would make it much easier for workers to organize. No wonder the business lobby is up in arms.

Gordon Lafer

Noted.

Jake Blumgart on Atlantic City’s casino workers, and the Nation editors on The Nation’s Sidney Award

Various Contributors

Rick Perry, Marlboro Man

Who will save America from the grip of unions, sissies, humiliation, crisis and malaise? The Texas governor fancies he’s the cowboy for the job.

JoAnn Wypijewski

The Killing of Troy Davis

There will not be justice for Troy Davis. But his case has reawakened Americans to a relic of injustice that must be abolished once and for all.

The Editors

Column

Whispers of Jackie O

The former first lady speaks from beyond the grave—and shows how far we’ve come (and haven’t).

Katha Pollitt

Black President, Double Standard: Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama

Electoral racism may be dead, but is there a more subtle form of racism at work in the white flight from Obama?

Melissa Harris-Perry

DSK’s Best-Case Scenario

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Readers respond to the August 15/22 special issue on sports—only the second in the history of the magazine.

Our Readers

Feature

Can a Movement Save the American Dream?

Van Jones of Green For All has joined MoveOn.org, the Campaign for America’s Future and dozens of other progressive organizations to challenge the reign of private interests.

Robert L. Borosage and Katrina vanden Heuvel