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Let Caster Run! Let Caster Run!

Runner Caster Semenya showed up to race this week and the International Association of Athletics Federations wouldn't let her--when Semenya's only "crime" is that she may...

Apr 2, 2010 / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf

Around The Nation Around The Nation

Two new blogs, two new videos and one big event in New York.

Apr 2, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks

Nation editor Christopher Hayes discusses how the top twenty-five hedge fund managers made $25 billion last year and what financial reform can do to correct this inequality.

Apr 2, 2010 / MSNBC

The Strategy Behind Offshore Drilling The Strategy Behind Offshore Drilling

Grist.org's Dave Roberts explains why Obama's endorsement of offshore drilling may not pan out the way he hopes.

Apr 2, 2010 / GRITtv

Court: Feingold’s Right On Wiretaps, Censure, Bush — and Obama Court: Feingold’s Right On Wiretaps, Censure, Bush — and Obama

It's time for the naysayers to wake up and smell the Bill of Rights.

Apr 2, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

On Georgia's state legislature, clean coal and the child abuse scandal within the Mother Church.

Apr 2, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Media Chaos and the Conservative Cause Media Chaos and the Conservative Cause

Keeping it crazy makes you long for order and schmaltz.

Apr 2, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Urban Count in Census Lagging Again, So Far Urban Count in Census Lagging Again, So Far

 Less than a quarter of my black and brown neighbors have responded so far.

Apr 2, 2010 / Kai Wright

Minority Opinions on the iPad Minority Opinions on the iPad

The iPad -- It's very strange. It started arriving in stores April 1 and the reviewers are already calling it a game changer but one aspect of the new device is causing conster...

Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Courting Judges Courting Judges

Obama has been slow to block the rightward charge of the federal judiciary, but he's begun to show signs of spunk.

Apr 1, 2010 / The Editors

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