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The History of a Bad Idea
Bill Stamets

Feature
Operation Enduring Boredom
Far from celebrating free expression, the Pentagon's September 11 Freedom Walk was expression free
Christopher Hayes

Feature
Brothers in Arms
The United States moves a step closer to restoring military aid to Indonesia, despite its massive human rights abuses
Ben Terrall

Feature
Chinas Press Crackdown
The broadening of economic reforms in China has been met with greater restrictions on journalists
Jehangir Pocha
Comics
katrina
Mikhaela B. Reid

Feature
Will History Repeat Itself?
A flooded New Orleans 78 years ago helped pave the way for the New Deal. Could it happen again?
David Moberg
Why Bush needs to go…
Tracy Van Slyke
The best caption EVER
Tracy Van Slyke
GOP thanks God for Katrina
Tracy Van Slyke
FEMA Fails Again and Again
Anna Schneider

Viewpoint
Katrinas Racial Wake
Salim Muwakkil
New Bankruptcy bill hurts Katrina victims
Tracy Van Slyke
Barbara Bush: Oh, those disaster victims are just so lucky
Tracy Van Slyke
Class of 2009
Jessica Clark

Feature
Beyond the Vietnam Syndrome
Norman Solomon
Comics
mascot
Mikhaela B. Reid
Reach out and touch someone
Jessica Clark

Dispatch
Unnatural Disaster
How policy decisions doomed New Orleans
Joel Bleifuss and Brian Cook
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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