Les Payne’s Too-Quiet Departure Les Payne’s Too-Quiet Departure
A legendary African-American journalist is cast off by Newsday, and the profession is poorer for it.
Jan 6, 2009 / Peter Eisner
Thinking about Becoming an Immigrant Rights Organizer Thinking about Becoming an Immigrant Rights Organizer
These groups can help.
Jan 6, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Student Loan Bailout The Student Loan Bailout
The credit crunch is hitting students hard, but is government aid going to shareholders and CEOs instead of the borrowers who need it most?
Jan 2, 2009 / Feature / Cole Robertson
The Year in Political Sports The Year in Political Sports
In 2008, the wall between sports and politics, which we are told is as immutable as Gibraltar, was not only challenged, it was thoroughly breached.
Dec 31, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
Youth in Action: Sophya Chum, Immigrant Rights Activist Youth in Action: Sophya Chum, Immigrant Rights Activist
Jamilah King You voted. Now what? Look in your own backyard to find an issue close to your community.
Dec 31, 2008 / The Nation
Dave Zirin on 2008 Sports and Politics Highlights Dave Zirin on 2008 Sports and Politics Highlights
The Nation's Dave Zirin revisits the highlights of 2008 and sheds light on the late season meltdown of the New York Jets.
Dec 30, 2008 / MSNBC
Episcopal Church Splits Over Gay Equality Episcopal Church Splits Over Gay Equality
The Episcopal Church's promotion of an openly gay clergyman has created a serious rift within the religious community, threatening the future of the denomination.
Dec 29, 2008 / Feature / Drew Haxby
Pinter: Bare-Knuckled Citizen Playwright Pinter: Bare-Knuckled Citizen Playwright
In the end, Harold Pinter devoted himself to defining "the real truth of our lives and our societies." Now that he's gone, his twenty-nine plays will continue that rude, honorable ...
Dec 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Spillane
NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation NOPD Responds to Nation Investigation
After a report in The Nation revealed how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the city's police will launch an invest...
Dec 26, 2008 / Feature / A.C. Thompson
The Kiss The Kiss
Let us pause, amid the muddle of the moment in this season of renewal and fresh starts, to consider fundamental things.
Dec 23, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski