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Slide Show: Civil Rights in The Nation Slide Show: Civil Rights in The Nation

In honor of Black History Month, The Nation has assembled a collection of articles from the magazine's archive dating back to 1865. We present them here with an accompanying slide show featuring some of the most important benchmarks in African-American history.

Feb 23, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Bipartisan Blather Bipartisan Blather

Bipartisanship is back as the next new thing in Washington.

Feb 23, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Looking Closer at Joseph Stack Looking Closer at Joseph Stack

Joseph Stack -- remember him? He's the guy who crashed his plane into an Internal Revenue Service building in Austin last week.

Feb 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Attack Iran? Attack Iran?

More huffing and puffing about war with Iran, this time from Anne Applebaum of the hawkish Washington Post, but first some words of caution from Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman o...

Feb 23, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Scott Brown’s Makeover: No Longer “41,” Now He’s “61” Scott Brown’s Makeover: No Longer “41,” Now He’s “61”

When he was campaigning for the Massachusetts Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, Scott Brown and his backers kept making a big deal about "41." B...

Feb 23, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Monday Slacker Monday

Climate change and burning the flag.


Feb 22, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Ugly in Iraq Ugly in Iraq

It's getting ugly in Iraq again, less than two weeks from the scheduled March 7 election. And the U.S. military is hinting that if conditions deteriorate, the United States might d...

Feb 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Extend Unemployment Insurance Now Extend Unemployment Insurance Now

This week will be a critical one for millions of Americans surviving on unemployment insurance.

Feb 22, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In! Lacrosse Captain Comes Out! Johnny Weir Told to Stay In!

Who would have thought that it is easier to be gay in the world of college lacrosse than in men's figure skating? 

Feb 22, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies? Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies?

Since 1945, health insurance companies have been allowed to collude to fix prices. Members of Congress will soon vote on whether to reinstate anti-trust provisions for the industry...

Feb 22, 2010 / Darcy Burner

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