Will George Bush Ever Paint the Ghost of an Iraqi Child? Will George Bush Ever Paint the Ghost of an Iraqi Child?
Well, he does in The Onion.
Apr 18, 2014 / Leslie Savan
40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail 40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail
Appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin comes to Hank Aaron‘s defense.
Apr 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages
The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.
Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees? Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?
What does a positive test mean when your economic fate hinges on the result? What kind of “discipline” is maintained by subjugating bodily privacy in the name of “public safety”?
Apr 18, 2014 / Michelle Chen
A Light at the End of the Ukraine Tunnel? A Light at the End of the Ukraine Tunnel?
Diplomacy gains ground, but there’s a long way to go.
Apr 18, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
With 8 Million and Counting ACA Sign-Ups, Sebelius Could Run for Senate With 8 Million and Counting ACA Sign-Ups, Sebelius Could Run for Senate
A Kansas represented by the outgoing HHS secretary would tell Democrats to get over their timidity.
Apr 18, 2014 / John Nichols
We Built This Country on Inequality We Built This Country on Inequality
The wealth gap didn’t spring up from policy gone awry—it is the policy.
Apr 17, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations? Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations?
For families torn apart, Obama’s failure to reform deportation procedures is a matter of life and death.
Apr 17, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
2 Homeless People Needlessly Died During DC’s Cold Snap 2 Homeless People Needlessly Died During DC’s Cold Snap
“It’s what happens when you don’t spend money on affordable housing.”
Apr 17, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How Wall Street Money Is Driving Out the Last Populist House Republican How Wall Street Money Is Driving Out the Last Populist House Republican
The GOP favorite to replace North Carolina senator Walter Jones is a longtime political consultant for the biggest predators on Wall Street.
Apr 17, 2014 / Lee Fang