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Jul 31, 2011 / The Nation
Sherry Wolf: Revolution in the Air Sherry Wolf: Revolution in the Air
There is a unique global upheaval underway, with activists borrowing certain protest tactics and creating others to be shared as revolutions around the world create progressive cha...
Jul 29, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue
From Jackie Robinson and the first integrated sports teams to Pat Tillman and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sports is woven into the fabric of our nation.
Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation
The Nation Readers Summer Books’ List: Edition Three The Nation Readers Summer Books’ List: Edition Three
Orhan Pamuk, Alexander Theroux, Colm Toibin and much more. Find out what books Nation readers are poring over this summer and let us know what's on your list.
Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention. ...
Jul 28, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Lester Rodney: Jackie Robinson, An American Hero Lester Rodney: Jackie Robinson, An American Hero
There was a time—not too long ago—when black players were not allowed to play on "white" teams.
Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes
Far from piquing interest in female sports, hyper-sexualized media images actually serve to suppress interest in—and respect for—women’s sports.
Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes
For The Nation's special Sports Issue, we asked a distinguished group of writers, thinkers and advocates to pay tribute to their favorite sports heroes growing up. The result is a package of moving mini-essays all expressing, in their own way, a feeling many of us share: pure love of the game. The following slide show illustrates our writers' heros with excerpts from each tribute. Click the links in each slide to read the full tributes.
Jul 28, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
A Peoples’ History of Sports As Seen Through the Eyes of The Nation A Peoples’ History of Sports As Seen Through the Eyes of The Nation
Highlights from The Nation's sports reporting over the past one hundred years.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Who Was Your Sports Hero Growing Up? Who Was Your Sports Hero Growing Up?
Who was your sports hero growing up, and why? Tell us in 200 words or less.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation