Lyric Nation: Three Poems by William Carlos Williams Lyric Nation: Three Poems by William Carlos Williams
"Labrador," "A Vision of Labor," "A Unison"
Mar 5, 2012 / William Carlos Williams
The NFL, Bounties and the Drive to Hide the Violence The NFL, Bounties and the Drive to Hide the Violence
Reactions to revelations that an NFL team took out “bounties” on opponents tell a story of a sport desperate to mask the effects of violence.
Mar 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin
BP’s $7.8 Billion Settlement for the Deepwater Horizon Spill Is Only the Beginning BP’s $7.8 Billion Settlement for the Deepwater Horizon Spill Is Only the Beginning
Who benefits from the multi-billion-dollar settlement between BP and victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill?
Mar 5, 2012 / Press Room
How to Fund an American Police State How to Fund an American Police State
The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.
Mar 5, 2012 / Stephan Salisbury
Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy Mitt Romney’s ‘Cut-and-Paste’ Fantasy Candidacy
Romney's campaign doctors newspaper editorials and then sends them to reporters hoping to spin the story. In fact, even his backers have doubts.
Mar 5, 2012 / John Nichols
Hinter Land: 3229 Hinter Land: 3229
A few helpful words for solvers of The Nation’s current crossword
Mar 5, 2012 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’ The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’
The Emergency Committee for Israel is accusing President Obama and liberal think tanks of opposing Israel’s interests, but they don’t have the evidence to back it up.&n...
Mar 4, 2012 / Ben Adler
Breitbart, Limbaugh and the Great Right-Wing Flame-out Breitbart, Limbaugh and the Great Right-Wing Flame-out
Andrew Breitbart came to represent the unsustainable tantrum that drives the extreme right.
Mar 4, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Obama, AIPAC, Iran and ‘the Iraq Model’ Obama, AIPAC, Iran and ‘the Iraq Model’
A former DOD official shoots down Israel’s bombing of Iraq in 1981 as a model for Iran.
Mar 4, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week: The Folly of Austerity. PLUS: A New Nation Blog! This Week: The Folly of Austerity. PLUS: A New Nation Blog!
This week, London correspondent Maria Margaronis reports from Athens on the austerity crisis. Plus, a new Nation crossword blog, and the Izzy Awards are announced.
Mar 3, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel