Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009 Lester ‘Red’ Rodney: 1911-2009
The "Press Box Red" was a top sports writer who led the first sustained campaign to integrate Major League Baseball.
Dec 27, 2009 / Dave Zirin
New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran
After finally "getting to 60" and securing a Christmas Eve vote for health-care reform legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should have been heading home to celebrate. ...
Dec 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Surge in the War on Christmas Surge in the War on Christmas
Sure, it's easy to laugh at the idea that Bill O'Reilly's troops will win the War on Christmas when "Merry Christmas" replaces "Happy holidays" on the lips of e...
Dec 24, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On
Before the healthcare reform bill reaches President Obama's desk, here are the issues that are still worth fighting on to ensure reform helps as many Americans as possible.
Dec 24, 2009 / J. Lester Feder
Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce
This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall a...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying
In the end, only one thing was more concerning to Republican opponents of healthcare reform than blocking action by the Senate: the threat of an interruption in their travel plans...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Holiday Week Slacker Holiday Week
My new Nation column is called "Focus on Israel" and it's on Israeli cinema, here and it's I wrote a short plug for Chip Taylor on the Beast, here And here again is ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Holiday Spirit? Holiday Spirit?
It's that familiar season, full of quaint old false beliefs. Like that crazy Santa Claus notion there's such a thing as just desserts. Who's been naughty and who's been nice? It's ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame
In Paul Krassner's new book, what's obscene is not sex but anything greedy, dishonest or cruel.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Danny Goldberg
Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010 Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010
From the point of view of peace or de-escalation, 2010 will be a year of no significance.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt