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Feature

A Bold New Democratic Party

With the nation’s economy in a slump, it’s time for a twenty-first-century New Deal.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
How Green Is Your Collar?

Labor leaders and environmentalists meet to explore how to make green jobs good jobs for American workers.
Jeremy Brecher , Tim Costello and Brendan Smith
Cautionary Healthcare Tales From California and Massachusetts

Signs of trouble no matter who is elected President.
Trudy Lieberman
Things That Go Bump in the Night

This week’s episode of Citizen Kang: Congresswoman Kang has some lascivious ideas about a certain cop, her shot-at chief of staff returns to town and all manner of deviltry is about to jump off.
Gary Phillips
Beyond the New Deal

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
Howard Zinn
FDR’s Democratic Propaganda

Today’s progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt’s homey “fireside chats.”
Stephen Duncombe
Democratizing Capital

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Potent Publics

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
Anna Deavere Smith
Labor’s New Deal

Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.
Andy Stern
For the ‘FDR’

The Bush Administration’s solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Race and the New Deal Coalition

Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Adolph Reed Jr.
The Only Fitting Tribute

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.
Frances Moore Lappé
The Bare Minimum

Today’s relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt’s battle is not yet won.
Eric Schlosser
A Chaos of Experimentation

The New Deal spirit of “persistent experimentation” yielded impressive results for the country. American leaders can recapture that spirit.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger
Not Your Father’s FCC

As we struggle for media democracy, let’s take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.
Michael J. Copps
A Green Corps

The New Deal brought with it programs that served not only the good of the people and the economy but also the environment. We need that now more than ever.
Bill McKibben
Why the New Deal Matters

What was it about the New Deal and Roosevelt that make the man and the era relevant today?
Richard Parker
Toward a New New Deal (Forum)

To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, The Nation invited a panel of activists, writers, scholars and artists to reflect on its lasting lessons.
The Editors

Editorial

A Misunderstanding on Iraq

Progressives who support Barack Obama must use the primary race help shape his policies on Iraq.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressives for Obama

The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.
Tom Hayden , Barbara Ehrenreich , Bill Fletcher Jr. and Danny Glover
Passover as If Earth Really Matters

Passover and Earth Day fall in the same week in April this year. Here’s how environmental activists and people of faith can respond to this holy season of liberation.
Arthur Waskow
Architect of War(s)

Dick Cheney’s Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.
Michael T. Klare
Noted.

Congress finds a spine on wiretapping; a young writer defends the New Deal.
The Editors
Winter Soldiers Speak

In compelling public testimony, US soldiers and Iraqi civilians bear witness to the horrors of combat.
Laila Al-Arian
The Gentlemen’s Bailout

The power of Wall Street money and ideas must give way to a new public agenda to restore the real economy.
The Editors
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Column

War of The Word

Why the fuss over Obama’s pastor when Bible-based damnations for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches?
Robert Scheer
Obama, Ferraro, Wright: ‘Postracial’ Meets Racism

Wouldn’t a real feminist also oppose racism?
Gary Younge
The Ritual Sacrifice of Samantha Power

A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.
Eric Alterman
5 Years of Perpetual War…

Steve Brodner
The Essence of Geraldine Ferraro’s Explanation of Why Barack Obama Is in the Lead for the Democratic Presidential Nomination

Who asked her to the party?
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Victim ‘Hood

An account of the most recent installment in the nation’s sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
Chris Lehmann
Her Field Is Her Consciousness

Celebrating Alice Notley, winner of the 2007 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.
Marie Ponsot
from Songs and Stories of the Ghouls

Justice may appear in the
guise of a hard, devious mother
I want shoes for my baby
son my werewolf son
Alice Notley
from “The Islanders Remember That There Are No Women and No Men”

in the antediluvian island
in the primordial swamp
Hardwood was already my friend
Alice Notley
Poem

Thank Gerard
Cascade: rain torrential rain
waterfalls down our stone facade.
Marie Ponsot
Who’s Got Game?

A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?
Robert Lipsyte
Just Looking

Mapping the difficulty, danger and beauty in the art of Nicholas Poussin.
Arthur C. Danto
Extreme Inequality

A look at the gap between rich and poor via two books: David Cay Johnson’s Free Lunch and Michael J. Thompson’s The Politics of Inequality.
Daniel Brook
Hard Times

Amity Schlaes’s history of the Great Depression is nothing less than an attempt to reclaim the 1930s for the free market.
Kim Phillips-Fein
Ordinary People

Woody Holton’s history of America’s origins celebrates the contributions of the common people.
Robin Einhorn
Beyond the New Deal

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.
Howard Zinn
FDR’s Democratic Propaganda

Today’s progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt’s homey “fireside chats.”
Stephen Duncombe
Democratizing Capital

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.
Sherle R. Schwenninger
Potent Publics

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.
Anna Deavere Smith
Labor’s New Deal

Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.
Andy Stern
For the ‘FDR’

The Bush Administration’s solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Race and the New Deal Coalition

Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.
Adolph Reed Jr.
The Only Fitting Tribute

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.
Frances Moore Lappé
The Bare Minimum

Today’s relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt’s battle is not yet won.
Eric Schlosser
A Chaos of Experimentation

The New Deal spirit of “persistent experimentation” yielded impressive results for the country. American leaders can recapture that spirit.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger
A Green Corps

The New Deal brought with it programs that served not only the good of the people and the economy but also the environment. We need that now more than ever.
Bill McKibben
Why the New Deal Matters

What was it about the New Deal and Roosevelt that make the man and the era relevant today?
Richard Parker
Toward a New New Deal (Forum)

To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, The Nation invited a panel of activists, writers, scholars and artists to reflect on its lasting lessons.
The Editors
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April 7, 2008

Feature

With the nation’s economy in a slump, it’s time for a twenty-first-century New Deal.

Labor leaders and environmentalists meet to explore how to make green jobs good jobs for American workers.

Signs of trouble no matter who is elected President.

This week’s episode of Citizen Kang: Congresswoman Kang has some lascivious ideas about a certain cop, her shot-at chief of staff returns to town and all manner of deviltry is about to jump off.

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.

Today’s progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt’s homey “fireside chats.”

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.

Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.

The Bush Administration’s solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.

Most New Deal programs were anything but race- and gender-neutral in their impact. They were both racially discrminatory and a boon to many black Americans.

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.

Today’s relentless arguments against a higher minimum wage suggest that Roosevelt’s battle is not yet won.

The New Deal spirit of “persistent experimentation” yielded impressive results for the country. American leaders can recapture that spirit.

As we struggle for media democracy, let’s take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.

The New Deal brought with it programs that served not only the good of the people and the economy but also the environment. We need that now more than ever.

What was it about the New Deal and Roosevelt that make the man and the era relevant today?

To commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the New Deal, The Nation invited a panel of activists, writers, scholars and artists to reflect on its lasting lessons.

Editorial

Progressives who support Barack Obama must use the primary race help shape his policies on Iraq.

The future has arrived: progressives can make a difference to ensure Barack Obama is our next President.

Passover and Earth Day fall in the same week in April this year. Here’s how environmental activists and people of faith can respond to this holy season of liberation.

Dick Cheney’s Mideast tour suggests another catastrophic military adventure in the Persian Gulf is still in the cards.

Congress finds a spine on wiretapping; a young writer defends the New Deal.

In compelling public testimony, US soldiers and Iraqi civilians bear witness to the horrors of combat.

The power of Wall Street money and ideas must give way to a new public agenda to restore the real economy.

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Column

Why the fuss over Obama’s pastor when Bible-based damnations for bad behavior is made in both black and white churches?

Wouldn’t a real feminist also oppose racism?

A principled academic gets ground up in the media hypocrisy machine.

Who asked her to the party?

Books & the Arts

An account of the most recent installment in the nation’s sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.

Celebrating Alice Notley, winner of the 2007 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Justice may appear in the guise of a hard, devious mother I want shoes for my baby son my werewolf son

in the antediluvian island in the primordial swamp Hardwood was already my friend

Thank Gerard Cascade: rain torrential rain waterfalls down our stone facade.

A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that still a field of dreams?

Mapping the difficulty, danger and beauty in the art of Nicholas Poussin.

A look at the gap between rich and poor via two books: David Cay Johnson’s Free Lunch and Michael J. Thompson’s The Politics of Inequality.

Amity Schlaes’s history of the Great Depression is nothing less than an attempt to reclaim the 1930s for the free market.

Woody Holton’s history of America’s origins celebrates the contributions of the common people.

How refreshing it would be if a presidential candidate reminded us of the experience of the New Deal.

Today’s progressive message-makers can learn a lot from Franklin Roosevelt’s homey “fireside chats.”

New Deal progressives believed the economy should exist to serve society, not the other way around.

The US public is wonderfully diverse, but the arts are not equally accessible to all.

Where the New Deal once served to rebalance the power between labor and capital, we are now perilously out of balance.

The Bush Administration’s solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.

Justice may appear in the
guise of a hard, devious mother
I want shoes for my baby
son my werewolf son

in the antediluvian island
in the primordial swamp
Hardwood was already my friend

Thank Gerard
Cascade: rain torrential rain
waterfalls down our stone facade.