NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows NFL Season Opens Under the Darkest of Shadows
Tragically, player safety has become a political football.
Sep 5, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Calling In the Humanizer Man Calling In the Humanizer Man
Analysts say that Romney campaign strategists face the challenge of humanizing their candidate. —News reports They’d like it if this man the folks are seeing Resembled more an actual human being. For that he’d need some warmth and shmaltz and soul; Then he’d appear less plastic and more whole. So in their dreams of triumph they aspire To show that their guy bleeds and may perspire, This can be done at once, without delay: The Humanizer Man is on his way. Yes, any candidate with boardlike stiffness Can be adjusted with surprising swiftness. The Humanizer Man’s done this before. Though he fell short of loosening Al Gore, He’s had a host of triumphs in his day. So if Mitt’s men believe, to their dismay, Their man’s as human as a Charolais. No need to cry “¡Caramba!” or “Oy vey!” For everything is going to be OK. To give him hope you only have to say, “The Humanizer Man is on his way.”
Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’ The Washington Post’s Feckless ‘Fact-Check’
Afflicted by the elite journalistic disease of “on-the-one-handism,” the MSM’s supposed arbiters of truth—like the Post’s Glenn Kessler—can't ma...
Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Behind the GOP’s Diversity Display Behind the GOP’s Diversity Display
“Diversity” today marks a shift from equal opportunities to photo opportunities; institutions look different but they operate in exactly the same way.
Sep 5, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge
Moms Discriminated Against at the DNC? Moms Discriminated Against at the DNC?
While Democrats are effusing over the Mom-in-Chief, it’s worth noting that a branch of NOW is currently petitioning Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz to stop discrimi...
Sep 5, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Romney, Obama and ‘Capitalism’ in Israel Romney, Obama and ‘Capitalism’ in Israel
Talk about a tempest in a chicken-soup pot!
Sep 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Undocubus: A Journey From Arizona to the DNC [Video] Undocubus: A Journey From Arizona to the DNC [Video]
The Nation’s Aura Bogado traveled with Undocubus and brings you her reporter’s notebook.
Sep 5, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado
A New Phase for the Quebec Student Uprising A New Phase for the Quebec Student Uprising
Tuesday’s provincial election was a pretty good day for the Quebec student movement.
Sep 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Undocumented Protesters Arrested at DNC, Police Pre-emptively Detain Prominent Activist Undocumented Protesters Arrested at DNC, Police Pre-emptively Detain Prominent Activist
Ten undocumented protesters are arrested at the DNC, and a prominent activist is pre-emptively detained for reportedly being on a terrorist watch list.
Sep 5, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Michelle for the Win Michelle for the Win
Michelle Obama’s mission last night was to convince Americans that she and the president deeply understand the real challenges facing Americans today, and she aced it.
Sep 5, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue