The Nation Does Denver The Nation Does Denver
The Nation hosts thought-provoking discussions and events in Denver during the DNC.
Aug 25, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
Gold Medals Can’t Erase China’s Desecration of the Environment Gold Medals Can’t Erase China’s Desecration of the Environment
So the Chinese turned Beijing into a stage set for the Olympics, and the mass media went along with the deceptive reality show. NBC's camera operators kept their lenses so carefull...
Aug 25, 2008 / Frances Cerra Whittelsey
Shiny, Happy People Shiny, Happy People
My hotel in Denver is a block away from the 16th Street Mall--a ruler-straight stretch of Starbucks, Sunglasses Huts and Western-themed souvenir shops selling ceramic bald eagles p...
Aug 25, 2008 / Dave Zirin
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
The Nation's reporter in Georgia talks about being assaulted by Ossetian paramilitaries. Plus: A DNC preview.
Aug 25, 2008 / Radio Nation
Sex and Violence Sex and Violence
This Week: Things get all twisty as Kang makes some moves her own damn self, and her slacker brother contemplates the Big Wave.
Aug 25, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Olympics Wrap-Up: Marco Polo Would Be Proud Olympics Wrap-Up: Marco Polo Would Be Proud
Not since Marco Polo has anyone traveled so far up China's Silk Roadwith such amoral élan. But there was Jacques Rogge, president of theIOC, knight of the court of ...
Aug 25, 2008 / Dave Zirin
Joe Biden and the Myth of Foreign Policy Experience Joe Biden and the Myth of Foreign Policy Experience
The conventional wisdom is that with a new cold war looming and global conflicts upon us, Barack Obama needed a Vice-President with foreign policy experience. Most establishment ...
Aug 24, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tailgating with the Dems in Denver Tailgating with the Dems in Denver
Sometimes tailgating is even better than the game. The Democratic National Convention starts Monday, but thousands of delegates, activists, operatives, protesters and members of th...
Aug 24, 2008 / Ari Melber
Moving Democrats Toward a Progressive Future Moving Democrats Toward a Progressive Future
Democratic National Conventions have come a long way since the last time the party's delegates met in Denver. In 1908, when the party met in this western city, African-Americans s...
Aug 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Don’t Listen to the Nay Sayers Listen to the Now Sayers Don’t Listen to the Nay Sayers Listen to the Now Sayers
It's 6 am in Denver and the sky's beginning to light up. An anti-war march starts in a few hours. The kick off event -- Live From Main Street Denver -- takes place at the Big Tent...
Aug 24, 2008 / Laura Flanders