Society

Remembering Eliot Asinof Remembering Eliot Asinof

Eliot Asinof, blacklisted author of Eight Men Out, created a lifetime of work celebrating rebels and victims of injustice.

Jun 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Kisseloff

Rape as a Weapon of War Rape as a Weapon of War

The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.

Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Slavenka Drakulic

Bugliosi v. Bush Bugliosi v. Bush

The famed prosecutor wants to see the President tried for murder in an American courtroom.

Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Brett Story

How the Russert Test Failed America How the Russert Test Failed America

Sure, he asked the tough questions. But why didn't he challenge the lies?

Jun 19, 2008 / Linda Hirshman

Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer? Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer?

Sports make a great framework for examining politics.

Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor

A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter

Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, ...

Jun 19, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin

Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism

Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.

Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Loving John McCain Loving John McCain

He's not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.

Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman and George Zornick

The Canonization of St. Tim The Canonization of St. Tim

It's hard to explain the media delirium over a newsman who gave the powerful a pass on Iraq.

Jun 19, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Blow Against Gitmo A Blow Against Gitmo

By a single vote, the Supreme Court stood up to an Administration that has declared war on the rule of law.

Jun 19, 2008 / David Cole

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