Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2 Free Mohammad Othman, Part 2

This post was written by Nation intern and freelance writer Andrea D'Cruz. Mohammad Othman, the Palestinian Stop the Wall and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activist, had his det...

Oct 28, 2009 / Peter Rothberg

Identity Theft Identity Theft

If you're a down draft, I'm an escaped photograph. When you're a full moon, children disappear from home. For every nickel you turn in your fingers a bottle fly Files its nails. When you see your face reflected, it Sees you as you once were when you were elsewhere. When flocks fly for you, you let them scatter your neurons. When you were a tin can I shot you many times over. If you're a beggar, I'm turning a corner to face you. Were you a hatband, were I grosgrain ribbon, would I invite you to move into my neighborhood forest. When you're a fox, I'm a fox, we're thinking of stealing something. You are that tired old porch light someone's left burning. I'm a shy green moth short on memory and handcuffs. Silver lines you drew me through have cost me my life.

Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Dara Wier

Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution

Progressives rejoiced when Sen. Harry Reid announced that the Senate healthcare bill would include a public option. But the jubilation was short-lived.

Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein

‘U.S. Will Order Pay Cuts at Firms With Bailout Aid’ ‘U.S. Will Order Pay Cuts at Firms With Bailout Aid’

The Wall Street types consider this unfair--they say they earned their money fair and square.

Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3191 Puzzle No. 3191

ACROSS

 8 Said to be a dangerous thing, but is a small tilt right inside. (1,6,8)

Oct 28, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis

J Street, Obama, and Israel J Street, Obama, and Israel

I spent yesterday afternoon at the J Street conference, the meeting of the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobbying group that was founded last year. (A piece that I'd written on J Street ...

Oct 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal

The evidence against Alex Sanchez is quite refutable, but that assumes a fair trial. And that's not possible in Judge Real's courtroom.

Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Investigating the Mortgage Crisis Investigating the Mortgage Crisis

In a press release last week, Chairman Edolphus Towns of the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform announced a major investigation "into whether mortgage compani...

Oct 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts

Every time I hear about Joe Lieberman's latest apostasy, I think, Oy vey! There he goes again. More Joementum. Remind me why we still call this guy a Democrat? Sure, Lieberman cau...

Oct 28, 2009 / Ari Berman

Lieberman Twists the Knife Lieberman Twists the Knife

The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any healthcare reform bill that has a public option--even the version with the "trigger" compromise a...

Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer