Antibalas: Social Security Sounds Antibalas: Social Security Sounds
A must-see live band, Brooklyn-based Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas hits the road again to launch their fourth album since 2001, Security, and energize audiences with potent politic...
Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation
Hometown Baghdad: Living in a War Zone Hometown Baghdad: Living in a War Zone
Three Iraqi 20-somethings film their daily lives in a war-torn and religiously divided Baghdad. WireTap hears from the producers.
Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation
Rutgers Team Is an Instrument for Change Rutgers Team Is an Instrument for Change
The fact that the media is astonished that the Rutgers athletes are articulate and smart is a tragedy.
Apr 11, 2007 / Feature / Carol Jenkins
Don Imus and the State of Women’s Sports Don Imus and the State of Women’s Sports
It's been thirty-five years since Title IX was passed, and women athletes are still battling the kind of sexism Imus espouses.
Apr 11, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Iraqis Finally Unite–Against the U.S. Iraqis Finally Unite–Against the U.S.
According to Lieberman, the sight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis chanting anti-American slogans at a protest in Najaf is proof that the surge is working.
Apr 11, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
GOP Governor says WSJ Takes Dem Bribes GOP Governor says WSJ Takes Dem Bribes
With all the bizarre behavior in Washington, it is easy to forget about the over-the-top antics of state officials around the country. But, sometimes, a governor outdoes himself. ...
Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation
Chaos in the Greater Middle East Chaos in the Greater Middle East
[ Part 1 of "Six Crises in Search of an Author, How the Bush Administration Destabilized the Arc of Instability"-- "Bush's Absurdist Imperialism" -- appeared yesterday. Here is p...
Apr 11, 2007 / The Nation
Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions
The question of whether any of the 85 U.S. Attorneys who were not fired by the Bush administration may have engaged in political prosecutions blew open Tuesday, when key members o...
Apr 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert
Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.
Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert
The Saudi Paradox The Saudi Paradox
Recent anti-American rhetoric from the desert kingdom should not be taken at face value.
Apr 10, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi