Out of the Closet and Onto the Court Out of the Closet and Onto the Court
Former NBA player John Amaechi's admission that he is gay exposed the league's compassion and bigotry.
Feb 15, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Lockdown in Greeley Lockdown in Greeley
A recent police raid on a small-city factory showcases the Bush Administration's frightening war on illegal immigration.
Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Before the Law Before the Law
Isaac B. Singer: A Life fails to fully illustrate the complexity of the writer's struggle with his heritage.
Feb 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge! Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge!
The New York Times's credulous reporting of flimsy "evidence" regarding Iranian weapons in Iraq is enabling Bush's anti-Iran propaganda drive.
Feb 15, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Dying for a Home Dying for a Home
The shoddy construction of FEMA's trailers has led to an epidemic of respiratory illness among Katrina refugees.
Feb 14, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Spake
Mission to Caracas Mission to Caracas
Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...
Feb 14, 2007 / Victor Navasky
Kill the Death Penalty Kill the Death Penalty
The time has come for the US to join the rest of civilized nations and abolish capital punishment.
Feb 9, 2007 / Sunil Dutta
Dude! Where’s My Debate? Dude! Where’s My Debate?
The majority of Americans support fair-trade policies--so why do mainstream pundits treat the idea with so much contempt?
Feb 8, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman
Molly, in Her Own Words Molly, in Her Own Words
From the pages of The Nation, here's a sampler of Molly Ivins at her best.
Feb 8, 2007 / The Editors
Obama’s Media Maven Obama’s Media Maven
David Axelrod, Barack Obama's closest political adviser, is applying the lessons he learned from Chicago's ugly racialized politics.
Feb 6, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes