Mark Sorkin

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Mark Sorkin is a writer living in Chicago.

Remembering Delbert Tibbs

Remembering Delbert Tibbs Remembering Delbert Tibbs

After his release from death row for a crime he did not commit, Tibbs found a sense of purpose and community as an anti-death-penalty activist.

Dec 17, 2013 / Mark Sorkin

The House GOP TRAIN Wreck The House GOP TRAIN Wreck

House Republicans are launching a frontal assault on environmental regulations.

Sep 21, 2011 / Mark Sorkin

Lessons of Darkness: On Peter Maass Lessons of Darkness: On Peter Maass

For Peter Maass, oil is not a drug so much as a Pandora's box. Tap a well and base instincts spew.

Dec 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Man Out of Time Man Out of Time

In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.

Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

The March on Jena The March on Jena

Thousands of civil rights activists are heading to Louisiana this week to protest a case of gross injustice--and the system that supports racial inequality across America.

Sep 17, 2007 / Feature / Mark Sorkin

Smells Like Teen Spirit Smells Like Teen Spirit

Teenage presents a lively but scattershot portrait of youth in the modern era.

May 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Generation Lockdown Generation Lockdown

California's juvenile justice system is broken everywhere you look. An ambitious plan for reform could bring much-needed improvements, but does it go far enough?

Jun 25, 2006 / Feature / Mark Sorkin

Poll Vault Poll Vault

In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.

Mar 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Unborn in the USA Unborn in the USA

In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusa...

Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin

Bill Bennett’s Abortion Fantasies Bill Bennett’s Abortion Fantasies

What's really shocking about Bill Bennett's public fantasies of reducing crime by aborting black babies is the ease with which conservative critics cast lawlessness in racial terms...

Oct 4, 2005 / Mark Sorkin

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