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William Greider Deficit-spending is a cure for our troubles, not the cause. If Obama reduces the red ink, the Great Recession could be born again.
Other
Recession
Jeremy Scahill Inside sources reveal that the firm works with the US military in Karachi to plan targeted assassinations and drone bombings, among other sensitive counterterrorism operations.
World
Pakistan
Zach Carter At major US banks, shareholders actually want their executives to be rewarded for taking on excessive risk.
William Greider: Tax Wall Street
Other
View the complete special issue on climate change, along with the best of The Nation's environment coverage and analysis.
Robert S. Eshelman: Where's the Clean Energy?
Other
VideoNation A Cuban novelist reflects on the consequences of his country's revolution.
Samuel Moyn: This Seeming Brow of Justice
World
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Samuel Moyn In their discussions of justice, Michael Sandel and Amartya Sen endorse communal good but slight collective endeavor.
Other
John Nichols Bill Moyers, who was at President Lyndon Johnson's side when the disastrous decision to escalate US presence in Vietnam was, spoke Friday night to President Barack Obama about what could be an equally disastrous escalation in Afghanistan.
World
Vietnam
Barack Obama
Afghanistan
Bill McKibben In Our Choice, Al Gore explains what must be done. But is there the political will to do it?
The Road to Copenhagen
Other
Al Gore
The Editors Many obstacles stand in the path of a successful global agreement. But President Obama can still take the lead on fighting climate change.
