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
Sports is an integral part of our political culture—the struggles for racial justice, gender equality, social and economic change are all reflected in sports culture and history. Though many treat sports as an "escape," it is almost impossible to escape politics and social issues through sports. From Jackie Robinson and the first integrated sports teams to Pat Tillman and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the politics of sports is woven into the fabric of our nation. In this Nation Conversation, Sports Correspondent Dave Zirin joins Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel to give some backstory to The Nation's second-ever special issue dedicated to sports, and explains how progressive politics and sports continue to overlap today. —Anna Lekas Miller
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Jennifer Egan on Monica Seles, Plus Jane Mayer, Bob Herbert and Many More on Their Sports Heroes Slide Show: Jennifer Egan on Monica Seles, Plus Jane Mayer, Bob Herbert and Many More on Their Sports Heroes
For our special Sports Issue, The Nation asked a distinguished group of writers, thinkers and advocates to pay tribute to their sports heroes. Among the many contributions are Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jennifer Egan on tennis phenom Monica Seles, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on Willie Stargell, filmaker John Sayles on Roberto Clemente, New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on Arthur Ashe and Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on Carl Yastremski. 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. View all of their responses in this slide show of sports heroes.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Nation
The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List: Edition Two The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List: Edition Two
Hunter S. Thompson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Richard Heinberg and much more. Find out what books Nation readers are poring over this summer and let us know what's on your list.
Jul 22, 2011 / The Nation
Why Aren’t Governments Dealing with Conflicts Caused by Climate Change? Why Aren’t Governments Dealing with Conflicts Caused by Climate Change?
Christian Parenti joins BBC to explain the debate at the UN over the relationship between political violence and global climate change.
Jul 22, 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
The stories the MSM is missing.
Jul 22, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Mike Elk: Labor Is Not One-Size-Fits-All Mike Elk: Labor Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
How are labor activists to negotiate organizing when there are so many practical risks, and often so few tangible rewards associated with the process?
Jul 19, 2011 / The Nation
Egypt’s Activists: Now I Tweet in Arabic Egypt’s Activists: Now I Tweet in Arabic
The revolution has fostered a national sense of accomplishment and a newfound pride in being Egyptian.
Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: 13 Republicans Too Radical For Their Constituents Slide Show: 13 Republicans Too Radical For Their Constituents
There’s no doubt voters were upset last November—frustrated by a poor economy and inaction from Washington, they sent a rebuke to the party in power. But was it an endo…
Jul 18, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Egypt’s Activists: Democracy Is a Practical Process Egypt’s Activists: Democracy Is a Practical Process
Social media may not play as pivotal a role in Egypt's electoral process as it did in the initial phases of the revolution; rather, grassroots, in-person campaigning will sustain t...
Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation
Egypt’s Activists: I Wouldn’t Vote for the Islamists Egypt’s Activists: I Wouldn’t Vote for the Islamists
The Western media's focus on the importance of Islamist parties in the country's political landscape is dangerously misplaced.
Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation