• Trading Partners

  U.S. Economy

  John Nichols: Xavier Becerra, Obama's US trade representative, could bring the change working people here and abroad can believe in.

• After Mumbai

  US Foreign Policy

  There is no military solution to the crisis in South Asia. It falls to Barack Obama to create a new path out of the deepening Afghan-Pakistan crisis.

• Barack Obama, Feminist in Chief?

  Feminism & Women

  Katha Pollitt: Obama should make gender equality a keystone of his presidency--and the economic stimulus is a great place to start.

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• Voting the Fate of the Nation

  Presidential Election 2008

  Chalmers Johnson: This can be a transformative election. Will economic meltdown, race or regional loyalty be the trump card?

• We Have the Bailout Money--We're Spending It on War

  U.S. Economy

  Chalmers Johnson: If we don't reduce military spending now, the bankruptcy of the United States is inevitable. We don't have much time left.

• Chalmers Johnson: America's Going Bankrupt

  US Politics & Government

  Chalmers Johnson: From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no bearing on national security.