Big League Blues Big League Blues
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Oct 28, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration
Come out of the closet about your drug use; hire a formerly incarcerated person; vote for politicians who are smart on crime.
Oct 28, 2009 / The Nation
Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution
Progressives rejoiced when Sen. Harry Reid announced that the Senate healthcare bill would include a public option. But the jubilation was short-lived.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal
The evidence against Alex Sanchez is quite refutable, but that assumes a fair trial. And that's not possible in Judge Real's courtroom.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Lieberman Twists the Knife Lieberman Twists the Knife
The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any healthcare reform bill that has a public option--even the version with the "trigger" compromise a...
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
A ‘Coal’ Building on Campus? A ‘Coal’ Building on Campus?
The Nation's sports editor Dave Zirin argues that corporate naming rights on college campuses are a bad idea.
Oct 28, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Republican = Conservative = Fox? Republican = Conservative = Fox?
The Nation's John Nichols talks to Hardball's Chris Matthews about President Obama's decision to marginalize Fox News.
Oct 27, 2009 / MSNBC
Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option
Sen. Harry Reid will introduce a healthcare reform bill including an "opt-out" public option--grounds for disappointment, says Ari Melber.
Oct 26, 2009 / MSNBC
Putting Caste on Notice Putting Caste on Notice
Navi Pillay is the first UN human rights commissioner to take on caste discrimination.
Oct 26, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives
Harry Reid just announced that he'll include a public option (with a provision that allows individual states to opt out of it) in the version of the health care bill he brings to ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes