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Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue

Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Dave Zirin on The Nation’s Sports Issue

From Jackie Robinson and the first integrated sports teams to Pat Tillman and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sports is woven into the fabric of our nation.

Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation

The Nation Readers Summer Books’ List: Edition Three The Nation Readers Summer Books’ List: Edition Three

Orhan Pamuk, Alexander Theroux, Colm Toibin and much more. Find out what books Nation readers are poring over this summer and let us know what's on your list.

Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.  ...

Jul 28, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Lester Rodney: Jackie Robinson, An American Hero Lester Rodney: Jackie Robinson, An American Hero

 There was a time—not too long ago—when black players were not allowed to play on "white" teams.

Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation

Colbert Challenges the Poverty Deniers Colbert Challenges the Poverty Deniers

Stephen Colbert, with the help of Nation friend Peter Edelman, takes on right-wing poverty deniers with integrity and humor.

Jul 28, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘No’ Was All He Said… ‘No’ Was All He Said…

Eric in the wilds of an Allman Brothers show, and Reed on the media's amazing ability to pamper conservatives.

Jul 28, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy

How can President Obama break through Republican gamesmanship and prevent a debt crisis?

Jul 28, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy

How can President Obama break through Republican gamesmanship and prevent a debt crisis?

Jul 28, 2011 / MSNBC

Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes

Far from piquing interest in female sports, hyper-sexualized media images actually serve to suppress interest in—and respect for—women’s sports.

Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes

Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes

For The Nation's special Sports Issue, we asked a distinguished group of writers, thinkers and advocates to pay tribute to their favorite sports heroes growing up. The result is a package of moving mini-essays all expressing, in their own way, a feeling many of us share: pure love of the game. The following slide show illustrates our writers' heros with excerpts from each tribute. Click the links in each slide to read the full tributes.

Jul 28, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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