A New Generation Rises at J Street A New Generation Rises at J Street
The new progressive Jewish organization J Street has benefited from the blogosphere's interest. But will exposure turn into political mobilization?
Oct 29, 2009 / Feature / Britt Harwood
Slide Show: Latvia’s Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite Slide Show: Latvia’s Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite
Oct 29, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties? Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties?
One week before Election Day, the special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York's North Country is heating up. It's a three-way split, pitting a Republican, a Democrat, ...
Oct 29, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option Pelosi’s Not-So-Robust Public Option
The public option was always a compromise for serious supporters of health-care reform, who -- like Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate in 2003 -- knew that a single-p...
Oct 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death Pentagon Investigating Iraq Electrocution Death
Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Carol Shea-Porter argue that since Adam Hermanson died while working on a Defense Department contract, the DoD is obliged to investigate.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Working Women: Strength in Numbers Working Women: Strength in Numbers
First feminism was dead because it was a "failure"; now it's dead because it was such a success.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Right to Remain Naked? The Right to Remain Naked?
Obsessions over sex have little to do with sexual behavior and everything to do with policing.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Big League Blues Big League Blues
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Oct 28, 2009 / Dave Zirin
Noted. Noted.
States sound off for instant runoff voting; activists unite for the International Day of Climate Action; and we remember an American radical who fought the "good fight" against fas...
Oct 28, 2009 / The Editors
Deficit Hawk Hysteria Deficit Hawk Hysteria
The time to pay down the deficit will come only after the economy recovers.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Greider