Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12)
Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Is the US Olympic System as Abusive as China’s? Is the US Olympic System as Abusive as China’s?
Before we bash China's system of Olympic training, we should look in the mirror.
Aug 9, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Two Cheers for ‘The Newsroom’ Two Cheers for ‘The Newsroom’
Despite the cacophony of media criticism about HBO’s new series, there’s been hardly a murmur made about how the show criticizes the media.
Aug 9, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Schneiderman Launches Inquiry Into Outside Political Spending Schneiderman Launches Inquiry Into Outside Political Spending
The New York Attorney General is targeting outside groups that spend massive amounts of largely corporate money to influence elections.
Aug 9, 2012 / George Zornick
Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War
The election year outsourcing that no one is talking about.
Aug 9, 2012 / Nick Turse
John Carlos’s Advice to Olympic Boxer Damien Hooper John Carlos’s Advice to Olympic Boxer Damien Hooper
Dr. John Carlos is best known as the man who raised his fist from the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics. I wanted to get his feedback on this year’s Australian athlete who has...
Aug 8, 2012 / Dave Zirin
A People’s Platform for the Democratic Party A People’s Platform for the Democratic Party
Three cheers for the full embrace of LGBT rights! Here are six more progressive planks for Democrats.
Aug 8, 2012 / The Editors
Pussy Riot and the Two Russias Pussy Riot and the Two Russias
Three members of Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism. Their protests sparked a wave of support for freedom of speech and human rights among Russians.
Aug 8, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Citizen Vidal Citizen Vidal
As an elegant essayist and critic of empire, Gore Vidal had no peer. Oh, how the Republic misses its persistent suitor!
Aug 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Mitt Visits Foreign Lands Mitt Visits Foreign Lands
(And not to hide money) The Mittster, while taking a three-nation swing, Showed talent for saying the very wrong thing. He teed off our English friends lickety-split; The tabloids in London town called him a twit. Apparently having no motives ulterior, He seemed to be calling the Arabs inferior. In English and Arabic venom Mitt bathed. ’Twas only in Poland he came out unscathed. His trip, meant to show foreign-policy cred, Because of Mitt’s gaffes was a model instead Of what not to say when abroad one doth roam. So here’s the consensus: he should have stayed home.
Aug 8, 2012 / Column / Calvin Trillin