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Being a Radical Doula: How pro-choice advocacy and birth activism go hand in hand Being a Radical Doula: How pro-choice advocacy and birth activism go hand in hand

How pro-choice advocacy and birth activism go hand in hand.

May 6, 2007 / The Nation

Republican vs. Republican on Iraq Republican vs. Republican on Iraq

On Monday a Washington Post headline read: "GOP's Base Helps Keep Unity on Iraq." By Thursday, following President Bush's veto of a Democratic war funding bill, the long-suppresse...

May 3, 2007 / The Nation

Is There Freedom After Hip-Hop? Is There Freedom After Hip-Hop?

Hip-hop has influenced nearly every art form today, but has it been able to liberate? Artists, musicians and intellectuals reflect on the past and the future of hip-hop.

May 3, 2007 / The Nation

Heroes in Razorblade City Heroes in Razorblade City

A trio of Portland rappers put their boots to the ground and educate the next generation in the art of socially conscious hip-hop.

May 3, 2007 / The Nation

Discovery/The Nation ’07 Prizewinners Discovery/The Nation ’07 Prizewinners

Four previously unpublished poets are honored as winners of Discovery/The Nation 07, the annual Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize of The Unterberg Poetry Center.

May 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Human Rights at Wal-Mart Human Rights at Wal-Mart

How appropriate, this May Day, that Human Rights Watch has just released "Discounting Human Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers' Right to Freedom of Association," a detaile...

Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation

Israel’s Winograd Commission blasts Olmert, Peretz, Halutz Israel’s Winograd Commission blasts Olmert, Peretz, Halutz

The Winograd Commission, established by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert to investigate Israel's notably unsuccessful performance in last summer's war against Lebanon, today issued a first ...

Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation

Bad Guys Bad Guys

I hesitate to get into an inter-magazine pissing match, but I just couldn't let this post by The New Republic's James Kirchick go unanswered. Kirchick takes aim at the Nation's la...

Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation

The New Cold War The New Cold War

Doesn't it feel like a new cold war out there? Condi Rice has taken off those dominatrix black boots and slipped into dark cold war terminology: "The idea that somehow 10 interc...

Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation

How Not to Withdraw from Iraq: The Democrats’ Plan How Not to Withdraw from Iraq: The Democrats’ Plan

Before you imagine that the Democrats' plan, just passed by Congress, would actually get U.S. troops out of Iraq, read the fine print. Let's be clear about what it is -- when i...

Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation

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