Mark Sorkin

Mark Sorkin is on the editorial staff of The Nation.

Lessons of Darkness

December 16, 2009

For Peter Maass, oil is not a drug so much as a Pandora's box. Tap a well and base instincts spew.

2008

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.