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September 28, 2009 Issue

The Editors on the ambush of Van Jones, John Nichols on competitive primaries and Jon Wiener on Obama’s CIA-on-campus program.

Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels (portraits are of Edmund Burke, top, and, from left, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman and Rush Limbaugh)

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Editorial

How 9/11 Should Be Remembered

For the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, a full-scale reappraisal of the real meaning of that day in New York for ordinary Americans.

Rebecca Solnit

Sexual Healing

"Female sexual dysfunction" is a case in point of a runaway medical system that requires huge profits, hence new sicknesses, pills and procedures.

JoAnn Wypijewski

For Competitive Primaries

Yes, primaries can be divisive and expensive. But the Democratic Party is usually at its best when it trusts grassroots activists and voters to make choices.

John Nichols

Noted.

Zelaya talks to Tom Hayden.

The Editors

The Ambush of Van Jones

It's bizarre and more than a little infuriating that a champion of social justice has become the latest right-wing bogeyman.

The Editors

Tackling the Titans

If Obama leads, the people will rally to his side. A good way to remind voters of the bold change they voted for last fall: ordering a hard cap on executive pay.

The Editors

Column

Obama’s Presidency Isn’t Too Big to Fail

A president has only so much capital to expend, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.

Robert Scheer

Double Standard for Serena Williams

Why is Roger Federer's on-the-court meltdown acceptable while Serena Williams's outburst is cause for a national apology tour?

Dave Zirin

Stop the Sex Scare in Sports

The salacious sports media and the puritanical zealots that run international track and field have joined forces to hit a new low.

Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf

A Method to Their Madness

It takes considerable skill to convince people that something that is clearly good for them--like universal healthcare--is not.

Gary Younge

The Tel Aviv Party Stops Here

The glittering "spotlight" at a Toronto film festival is a reflection of Israel's desire to avoid scrutiny for its actions in Gaza.

Naomi Klein

Harvard, Heal Thyself (Why Journalism Matters)

A monthlong investigation finds plenty of fire to go with the smoke surrounding the university's incredibly vague conflict-of-interest policies.

Eric Alterman

The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women

Calvin Trillin

Letters

The Gates Foundation and Africa’s Hunger

We hear from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation regarding our September 21 "Ending Africa's Hunger," and our authors reply.

Raj Patel and Eric Holt-Gimenez and Annie Shattuck and Mark Suzman

Science Writing: Long May It Wave!

Boston

Our Readers and Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum

Feature

Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?

Two years to the day after the Nisour Square massacre, Blackwater remains in Iraq, armed and dangerous.

Jeremy Scahill

The Right’s Fringe Festival

The racist, antigay, pro-gun, antichoice, Christian nationalist march on Washington that conservatives don't want you to see.

Sebastian Jones

Legislation Watch: Fighting Hunger in Schools

As the economy continues to hemorrhage jobs, Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota is introducing legislation to increase eligibility for free school lunches.

Greg Kaufmann

Three R’s and a Why

Civics education in schools creates young people who turn into the citizens that our democracy requires.

Andrea Batista Schlesinger

Harry Reid: Investigate Iraq Electrocutions

The Senate majority leader calls on Gates and Clinton to find out if shoddy electrical work by contractors killed Adam Hermanson.

Jeremy Scahill

Scientific Integrity Lost on America’s Parks

Though Ken Salazar has vowed to clean up the mess at the Interior Department, his selection for director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, only compounds it.

Tess Elliott

Factoring People Into Climate Change

More and more experts now say that climate change and population increase should be viewed together. Local politicians in developing countries often try to heat up the issue.

Barbara Crossette