Thinking about Becoming an Immigrant Rights Organizer Thinking about Becoming an Immigrant Rights Organizer
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Jan 6, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Week Ahead The Week Ahead
I decided to bike to work on Capitol Hill yesterday because I wanted to survey the city, now playing host to the President-elect, and I have to say (maybe I'm projecting) there w...
Jan 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Lost Weekend The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder didn't have it in him to tell the story behind Don Binam's alcoholic binge as it appeared in the novel--that he'd had a homosexual affair in college.
Jan 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
Panetta? Ummmmm… Well….. Panetta? Ummmmm… Well…..
For an agency whose job it is not to be surprised, nearly everything seems to surprise the CIA these days. So it's not surprising that the agency was surprised by the choice of Le...
Jan 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Norma Rae Norma Rae
While no flying nun, Salley Field is no less than heavenly as a wife and mother, organizing her fellow workers in a Southern textile factory.
Jan 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Altercation Begins January 8 Altercation Begins January 8
Is this the right room for an argument? Monty Python's funnymen famously asked. It's the right room, but it's not ready yet Eric Alterman's blog, Altercation, takes up residence...
Jan 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Puzzle No. 3153 Puzzle No. 3153
ACROSS
1 and 12 Stories of the 5? Rather a Code of Military Justice. (8,2,3)
Jan 5, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
Allow Media into Gaza Allow Media into Gaza
As America's leaders knew at least as far back as Thomas Jefferson, a functioning media is critical to the informed citizenry necessary for a working democracy. That was the parti...
Jan 5, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
The Nation’s Guide to the Nation The Nation’s Guide to the Nation
Author and Nation senior editor Richard Lingeman unveils his new book--a virtual one-stop shop for liberals across America.
Jan 5, 2009 / The Nation Video
Israel’s New War Ethic Israel’s New War Ethic
The masters of Israel's war on Gaza have fashioned a bizarre moral code that provides humanitarian assistance to the very civilians they are shooting at.
Jan 5, 2009 / Neve Gordon