Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes Baseball Begins to Listen to Sweatshop Foes
After pressure from the local newspaper and the City Council questioning the use of sweatshop labor to create Pittsburgh Pirates regalia, Major League Baseball seems willing to lis...
Jul 14, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin and Derek Tyner
Too High a Price Too High a Price
The spreading violence in Lebanon and Gaza demonstrate that the collective punishment of the Palestinian and Lebanese people is not only inhumane and should be condemned but also l...
Jul 14, 2006 / The Editors
Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital
If I do well in school can I jump over jail?If I pray every night can I jump over this hell?Will the preacher say a special prayer?Will the social workers really care?It doesn't ...
Jul 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dan Rather Should Stick to His Story Dan Rather Should Stick to His Story
The other night Dan Rather was back in center ring. In an hour long interview with CNN's Larry King. Rather spoke with quiet fury about the suits at CBS who treated him, a 44-year...
Jul 14, 2006 / The Nation
The Last of the “Sewer Socialists” The Last of the “Sewer Socialists”
"There is always a charge that socialism does not fit human nature. We've encountered that for a long time. Maybe that's true. But can't people be educated? Can't people learn to ...
Jul 14, 2006 / John Nichols
Rage Against the MSMachine Rage Against the MSMachine
The Yearly Kos Convention revealed a blogosphere whose media critique is hampered by its political ambitions. Why can't progressives repair the press, not dismantle it?
Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
The ‘Kennedy Court’ The ‘Kennedy Court’
By casting the decisive vote in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and other contentious disputes, Justice Anthony Kennedy plays a crucial role in a Supreme Court that may soon veer off in an extr...
Jul 14, 2006 / David Cole
Lawyers Challenge Bush Lawyers Challenge Bush
Citizens, lawyers and constitutional scholars of all political stripes have reason to be concerned about President Bush's use of "signing statements," which assert his right to ign...
Jul 14, 2006 / Mickey Edwards
Lawless in Gaza Lawless in Gaza
The latest bloodshed in Gaza and Lebanon demonstrates that there will be no end of violence until Israel agrees to negotiate with the democratically elected Palestinian leadership.
Jul 14, 2006 / The Editors
A Conversation With Robert Rubin A Conversation With Robert Rubin
The former Treasury Secretary speaks candidly on the inherent inequities of globalization and the political, social and economic challenges that lie ahead.
Jul 14, 2006 / Feature / William Greider