Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda
Although homosexuality is criminalized in 80 countries, the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 is the most egregious attempt to sanction homophobia and threaten the human righ...
Feb 4, 2010 / Feature / The Nation
How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back
There will be no change until we change Congress.
Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig
The Second Sex at the Super Bowl The Second Sex at the Super Bowl
The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Jaclyn Friedman
Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates chooses a movie--and it happens to be about a military coup in the US.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Honor Killing by Any Other Name Honor Killing by Any Other Name
To consider honor killing within Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence perpetrated in the Western world.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Anna Momigliano
General Petraeus, PhD, at the University General Petraeus, PhD, at the University
Gen. David Petraeus pays a visit to Georgetown, where he takes questions but doesn't always answer them.
Feb 1, 2010 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
Remembering Howard Zinn Remembering Howard Zinn
Friends of The Nation and of Howard Zinn offer recollections of the man, his work, and his impact on thinkers and activists.
Feb 1, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
‘New Haiti,’ Same Corporate Interests ‘New Haiti,’ Same Corporate Interests
Foreign ministers in the "Friends of Haiti" want to "build a new Haiti." But what will their neoliberal agenda mean for ordinary Haitians?
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald
Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure
The goal of government surveillance is to create a deliberate backdoor into secure systems. The appeal to a hacker is obvious.
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Julian Sanchez
Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial Tiller’s Killer Puts Abortion on Trial
Judge Warren Wilbert has ruled that Scott Roeder, confessed killer of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, couldn't be considered for lesser crimes than first-degree murder. Tod...
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Sharon Lerner