Mark Sorkin

Mark Sorkin is on the editorial staff of The Nation.

Currently

  • Man Out of Time

    April 9, 2008

    In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.

2007

  • The March on Jena

    September 17, 2007

    Thousands of civil rights activists are heading to Louisiana this week to protest a case of gross injustice--and the system that supports racial inequality across America.

  • Smells Like Teen Spirit

    May 31, 2007

    Teenage presents a lively but scattershot portrait of youth in the modern era.

2006

  • Generation Lockdown

    June 24, 2006

    California's juvenile justice system is broken everywhere you look. An ambitious plan for reform could bring much-needed improvements, but does it go far enough?

  • Poll Vault

    March 30, 2006 Subscribe

    In Conned, Nation reporter Sasha Abramsky sets out to highlight a growing population of disenfranchised Americans.

  • Unborn in the USA

    March 9, 2006

    In his captivating new book Absolute Convictions, Eyal Press explores the links between his hometown's post-Vietnam decline and its emergence as a battlefield in the national crusade against abortion.

2005

  • Bill Bennett's Abortion Fantasies

    October 3, 2005

    What's really shocking about Bill Bennett's public fantasies of reducing crime by aborting black babies is the ease with which conservative critics cast lawlessness in racial terms.

  • Reflections on the Body Politic

    June 23, 2005 Subscribe

    Novelist David Grossman discusses Israel and the role of politics in his writing.

2004

  • Letter From Budrus

    May 28, 2004

    Palestinians are organizing a grassroots, nonviolent resistance to Israel's separation barrier.

  • Political Fictions

    March 30, 2004

    D4D has put together a calendar of high-profile readings, concerts and auctions designed to mobilize young voters in key swing states.

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» Act Now!

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