Affirmative Action for Men, Part Deux Affirmative Action for Men, Part Deux
Remember when opponents of affirmative action argued that it hurt blacks' self-esteem because they'd never know if they had succeededon their merit? According to this theory, firs...
Mar 24, 2006 / Adam Howard
Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy
Google and other telecom giants are wooing cities with plans to create public Wi-Fi grids. But there's no such thing as a free digital lunch: The price we pay is a loss of online p...
Mar 24, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Bush Tries to Backtrack Bush Tries to Backtrack
Every once in a while a politician stumbles into telling the truth. Even George W. Bush. Unwittingly, of course. At his Tuesday press conference, Bush dropped one of the biggest b...
Mar 24, 2006 / Ari Berman
Affirmative Action for White Men, Chap. 4,651 Affirmative Action for White Men, Chap. 4,651
It isn't often that someone owns up to flagrant sex discrimination inthe op-ed page of the New York Times, so I suppose we should begrateful to Kenyon College dean of admissions Je...
Mar 23, 2006 / Adam Howard
Republicanizing the Race Card Republicanizing the Race Card
David Duke and a cohort of white nationalists seek to reposition their minuscule movement at a time when their signature issues have been co-opted by pseudo-populist media personal...
Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Giving Americans a Raise Giving Americans a Raise
This article, originally published in the April 10, 2006 issue of The Nation, was co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour for m...
Mar 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq
Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Who Is Killing New Orleans? Who Is Killing New Orleans?
Mayor-appointed commissions and experts, mostly white and Republican, propose to radically shrink and reshape a majority-black and Democratic city.
Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Mike Davis
The Life I Didn’t Lead The Life I Didn’t Lead
A meditation on travel, art and a life fully lived.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Linda Pastan
Strangers in the Land Strangers in the Land
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
Mar 23, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin