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Boxing’s Month From Hell Boxing’s Month From Hell

Eight professional boxers died under dubious circumstances during one month this summer. Why hasn't there been a national outcry for industry reform?

Aug 11, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

Winning the Lobster Marriage Debate With Colbert Winning the Lobster Marriage Debate With Colbert

A surprising number of U.S. House members still stumble through their "Better Know a District" segments on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report." Not Chellie Pingree, the freshma...

Aug 11, 2009 / John Nichols

Sarah Palin Hypes ‘Death’ Panels Sarah Palin Hypes ‘Death’ Panels

Keith Olbermann takes on Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and other propagators of healthcare reform misinformation in this special comment.

Aug 11, 2009 / Countdown

Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Nation contributor Christian Parenti describes the relationship between a fixer and a Western reporter in a haunting documentary about the kidnapping of his fixer in Afghanistan.

Aug 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Nation Video

Your Questions About Health Care Reform Answered Your Questions About Health Care Reform Answered

Ok, so there's been a lot of misinformation about proposals to reform the health insurance industry and provide (near) universal coverage. Understandable! It's complicated stuff. H...

Aug 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis Sanders Unfiltered: America’s Class Crisis

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders calls for a "new type of Wall Street, a Wall Street that is not interested in bubble economics," in this first in a series of videos.

Aug 11, 2009 / Brave New Films

Lubna Hussein, Hero Lubna Hussein, Hero

  When the subject of Islamic dress comes up, it's often phrased the way President Obama put it in his Cairo speech -- as women's right to wear what they want. Hear, hear. ...

Aug 10, 2009 / Katha Pollitt

Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland

A single platoon lost in a military limbo is a measurement of the stress under which the US Army now operates.

Aug 10, 2009 / Feature / Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare

Readers Real and Ideal Readers Real and Ideal

(I posted this at The Best American Poetry last Friday. I'm going to be blogging there regularly about poetry. I hope you'll take a look.) I love the Gertrude Stein quip David ...

Aug 10, 2009 / Katha Pollitt

White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas? White House Opening to Hezbollah, Hamas?

Last week, speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, John Brennan, the White House's top adviser on terrorism, described the outlines of...

Aug 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

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