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September 19, 2005 Issue

Annette Fuentes examines the way school privatization evades accountability, Cristina Nehring explodes the myth of the orgasm and Arthur C.

Cover art by: Cover art by Steve Brodner, cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels

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Editorial

A Guide to Grassroots Charities

There's abundant compassion but a great deal of confusion about the best places to send charitable donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Adam Howard

Grassroots Charities Need Your Help

Progressive, grassroots charities on the Gulf Coast are poised to help hurricane victims. Here's a list of groups that need your donations.

Katha Pollitt

The Power of Outrage

A nation's conscience is stirred by the abandonment of the poor and the frail: This may be the one bright spot of the man-made disaster on the Gulf Coast. Eric Foner

Eric Foner

In Rehnquist’s Footsteps

The death of William Rehnquist, the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to replace him and the agony of New Orleans represent a sad symmetry of events.

Bruce Shapiro

To Return and Rise Again

Louisiana's poet laureate writes of the resolve of New Orleans's displaced citizens to rebuild their shattered city.

Brenda Marie Osbey

Honor Their Sacrifice

Mounting American casualties alone cannot turn us away from this ill-advised war. Democrats and anti-war advocates should let words and peaceful actions speak, instead of guns and ...

Jonathan Schell

Messing With Mother Nature

Rush Limbaugh would should skip the juvenile hurricane jokes and summon up some genuine empathy for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Spying on the Protesters

It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.

John S. Friedman

Roberts, Without Illusions

As confirmation hearings open, we already know a great deal about John G. Roberts Jr. He's ethically challenged, ideologically rigid and unfit for the Supreme Court.

The Editors

Column

The Real Costs of a Culture of Greed

The affluent mask of the United States has been torn away by the storm, exposing a nation that has become progressively poorer under the leadership of the party of Big Business.

Robert Scheer

Theocracy Lite

How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?

Katha Pollitt

Bush’s War: The Levees Are Giving Way

The Bush Administration is tongue-tied because it doesn't know what lie to put out next.

Alexander Cockburn

A Robertson Republican

Calvin Trillin

Letters

MINOR REBUKES ON NUKES

Dummerston, Vt.

Our Readers

Feature

Pat Robertson’s Katrina Cash

Pat Robertson's shadowy relief organization, Operation Blessing, is prominently featured on FEMA's list of charities to receive donations for hurricane relief.

Max Blumenthal

Kanye West, Unplugged

NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.

Adam Howard

Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch

Beyond the human suffering, Katrina's sucker punch will be felt in America's increasing dependence on foreign petroleum.

Michael T. Klare

Living Like a Refugee

Not since the days of the Dust Bowl has America seen such a massive migration of refugees. Who becomes one of this tribe is a matter of race and class.

Michael Tisserand