Society

This Seeming Brow of Justice This Seeming Brow of Justice

In their discussions of justice, Michael Sandel and Amartya Sen endorse communal good but slight collective endeavor.

Nov 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Absolutely No Excuse Absolutely No Excuse

It is manifestly barbarous that children should be tossed into jail for life.

Nov 19, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

‘The New Republic’: Bad for the Jews ‘The New Republic’: Bad for the Jews

TNR's more significant sin is to weaken the bond between Israel and liberal American Jews--which is to say, most of them.

Nov 19, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Women Ski Jumpers Grounded Women Ski Jumpers Grounded

A Canadian judge allows the International Olympic Committee to trump Canadian equal rights law and keep women ski jumpers out of the Vancouver Olympics.

Nov 18, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Getting Tough on Exploitation Getting Tough on Exploitation

Vigorously enforcing labor law and stopping the crackdown on the nation's undocumented immigrants can boost the American economy.

Nov 17, 2009 / Amy Traub

The World’s Women Stuck in the UN’s Blind Spot The World’s Women Stuck in the UN’s Blind Spot

"Mainstreaming" a focus on women into all of the United Nations' work never happened. So will an agency for women ever get off the ground?

Nov 17, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin

The Nation's Richard Kim joins a conversation on Sarah Palin's recent media blitz and the impact it could have on our country's politics.

Nov 17, 2009 / GRITtv

Water on the Moon — and Money for NASA Water on the Moon — and Money for NASA

"Water found on the moon," the headlines said – water that "could be used for drinking," the LA Times reported, possibly enough for "future astronauts to live off the land." The...

Nov 14, 2009 / Jon Wiener

Welcome Home, War! Welcome Home, War!

Will the Afghan and Iraq wars lead to a surveillance state here in the US?

Nov 13, 2009 / Feature / Alfred W. McCoy

Justicia Poetica Justicia Poetica

The victory over Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the immigrant community is mobilized like never before.

Nov 13, 2009 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

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