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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

Gonzalez’s Big Mistake Gonzalez’s Big Mistake

What's Alberto Gonzalez's biggest mistake? Cast your vote in the Nation Poll. House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers wants White House political czar Karl Rove to testif...

Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation

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