Breakin’ It Down! Breakin’ It Down!
Students will get busy over spring break with anti-death penalty activities. We go to Austin, Texas, to interview Hooman Hedayati, president of Texas Students Against the Death Pen...
Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation
Hip-Hop Chaos In Context Hip-Hop Chaos In Context
Self-described "cockeyed Idealist" Jeff Chang talks about his new book and the future of hip-hop culture.
Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation
Ward Him Off: Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans Ward Him Off: Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans
Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans.
Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation
Mommy Tracked: How the tenure process discriminates against female professors Mommy Tracked: How the tenure process discriminates against female professors
How the tenure process discriminates against female professors.
Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation
Separate but Unequal Dorms: How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university Separate but Unequal Dorms: How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university
How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university.
Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation
The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin
An ambassador--his name happens to be Timothy Carney--an Iraqi, and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender asks how the Iraqi will ever possibly pay for his drink. The ambassa...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation
Connecting the Dots Connecting the Dots
Over at TAPPED, Ezra Klein proposes the following maxim as a means of understanding the Bush administration: "Bush's Razor: Given a possible universe of explanations for a particu...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation
Hubris in High Places Hubris in High Places
The scandal action in Washington is intense, almost too much to properly savor. That squirrely little right-winger at the Justice Department who was arranging a mass execution fo...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation
Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too
Barack Obama did the unthinkable recently: he had the audacity to mention the Palestinians. "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people," Obama told voters in Iowa on S...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation
AIPAC Disses Pelosi AIPAC Disses Pelosi
House Minority Leader John Boehner got a standing ovation when he voiced his continued support for the war in Iraq at AIPAC's annual conference today. When his counterpart, Speake...
Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation