April 4, 2005

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Feature

Losing Ground

Black farmers and the agrarian culture they embody are rapidly disappearing.
Habiba Alcindor
Baghdad Under Siege

A growing detainee population, but still no control–two years after the US invasion, the war continues.
David Enders
Teachers for Peace

Educators share strategies for opposing the war.
Lauren Bans
Blogging, Journalism and Credibility

Journalists, bloggers, news executives, media scholars and librarians try to make sense of the new media environment.
Rebecca MacKinnon
The Mideast Comes to Columbia

The current battle is the latest in a larger, ideologically driven conflict.
Scott Sherman
A Student Bill of Fights

The right takes aim at the ivory tower–brandishing a new legislative agenda.
Kevin Mattson
The New PC

They claim liberals are victimizing them.
Russell Jacoby

Editorial

In Fact…

ISLAND OF THE BANNED
The Editors
‘Ownership’ Swindle

George W. Bush hasn’t even spelled out the details of his plan to privatize Social Security and it’s already in trouble, even among some Republican lawmakers–for good reason.
David Moberg
The Captive Mind

Since September 11, we’ve heard a lot about the “intelligence failures” that left the United States unprepared for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The Editors
Anger in Italy

Giuliana Sgrena, an intrepid journalist for the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto who had become an icon of national unity during her twenty-eight days as a hostage in Iraq, was returning h
Lucia Annunziata
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Column

Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding

Thankfully, Americans see right through the exploitation of Terri Schiavo.
Robert Scheer
Invisible Women

Women don’t shout. Women don’t like politics. Women shrink from intellectual debate. Women don’t try.
Katha Pollitt
Three-Card Monte and the One-Party State

How lionlike the Democrats sound as they circle around Social Security, roaring their defiance!
Alexander Cockburn
George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon

You must withdraw, since nations can’t
Install their troops in other places
To change regimes that they don’t like.
Except, of course, in certain cases.
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Tipsy Turvy

Like a melodrama or a political tract–genres it sometimes resembles, in an honorable way–Jonathan Nossiter’s documentary Mondovino has a villain you can hiss at.
Stuart Klawans
Continental Drift

To an American, Europe is a cautionary tale.
D.D. Guttenplan
Finding Neverland

At this writing, the first prosecution witnesses have begun testimony in the case of People v. Michael Joe Jackson.
Jody Rosen
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Letters

Letters

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Simi Valley, Calif.
Richard Goldstein , Our Readers and Tony Judt

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April 4, 2005

Feature

Black farmers and the agrarian culture they embody are rapidly disappearing.

A growing detainee population, but still no control–two years after the US invasion, the war continues.

Educators share strategies for opposing the war.

Journalists, bloggers, news executives, media scholars and librarians try to make sense of the new media environment.

The current battle is the latest in a larger, ideologically driven conflict.

The right takes aim at the ivory tower–brandishing a new legislative agenda.

They claim liberals are victimizing them.

Editorial

ISLAND OF THE BANNED

George W. Bush hasn’t even spelled out the details of his plan to privatize Social Security and it’s already in trouble, even among some Republican lawmakers–for good reason.

Since September 11, we’ve heard a lot about the “intelligence failures” that left the United States unprepared for the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Giuliana Sgrena, an intrepid journalist for the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto who had become an icon of national unity during her twenty-eight days as a hostage in Iraq, was returning h

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Column

Thankfully, Americans see right through the exploitation of Terri Schiavo.

Women don’t shout. Women don’t like politics. Women shrink from intellectual debate. Women don’t try.

How lionlike the Democrats sound as they circle around Social Security, roaring their defiance!

You must withdraw, since nations can’t Install their troops in other places To change regimes that they don’t like. Except, of course, in certain cases.

Books & the Arts

Like a melodrama or a political tract–genres it sometimes resembles, in an honorable way–Jonathan Nossiter’s documentary Mondovino has a villain you can hiss at.

To an American, Europe is a cautionary tale.

At this writing, the first prosecution witnesses have begun testimony in the case of People v. Michael Joe Jackson.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

FREEDOM FRIED Simi Valley, Calif.

You must withdraw, since nations can’t
Install their troops in other places
To change regimes that they don’t like.
Except, of course, in certain cases.

FREEDOM FRIED

Simi Valley, Calif.