As the World Burns
By Bill McKibben, Chris Mooney, & Ross Gelbspan
Think tanks and journalists funded by ExxonMobil are out to convince you global warming is a hoax.

Climate of Denial: Introduction
By Bill McKibben
One morning in Kyoto, we won a round in the battle against global warming. Then special interests and pseudoscience snatched the truth away. What happened?

Some Like It Hot
By Chris Mooney
A dose of doubt trumps years of solid science, but skepticism doesn’t come cheap. ExxonMobil is spending millions to sustain an echo chamber of global warming denial.

Snowed
By Ross Gelbspan
Why the “balanced” media would rather promote paid flaks and fantasy than report the biggest story on earth
P L U S :
How an Asian tsunami flooded America with a conservative lie
Exxon’s extensive doubt refinery
Playing the race card (and getting it wrong)
Global hot spots
Big U.S. business sees the light, in Europe

Medicating Amanda
By Rob Waters
When state mental health officials fall under the influence of Big Pharma, the burden falls on captive patients.

Ghost Children of Big Mango
Photographs by James Nachtwey/vii
Text by Philip Gourevitch
We cringe at the suffering of street children. But why is the quality of our mercy constrained by age?

The Middleman
By Mark Schapiro
What exactly was South African executive Asher Karni importing from the U.S. and exporting to Pakistan? Medical devices? Or the makings of a nuclear bomb?

The Side Effects of Truth
By Michael Scherer
Dr. David Graham’s research has saved countless lives. So why is the FDA so eager to shut him up?

Editor’s Note
Masthead
Contributors
Backtalk

OUTFRONT
Martial-rule America; Smut, breast implants, and other boobs on Capitol Hill; Rent to owe at Rent-A-Center; Ten Commandments kitsch; Disney’s Cultural Revolution; plus the profit-driven Hellraiser slashing bills for the uninsured

PUBLIC DOMAIN
The Parent Trap
By James K. Galbraith
The president’s Social Security overhaul promises to bring the family together—in a way that may split it apart.

DISPATCH
GigaFight
By David Case
When a sleepy Midwestern community tried to treat high-speed Internet like a public utility, commercial broadband giants spared no expense to win the Battle of the Bandwidth.

MEDIA JONES
Lauren Slater examines the spawn of the Nobel Sperm Bank; Jonathan Safran Foer on nightmares, 9/11, and fiction that matters; unearthing Orwell’s Burma; plus more book, music, and film reviews

RE:ACTION
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P.S.
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Cartoon by Greg Clarke