Denver: The Unofficial Guide Denver: The Unofficial Guide
This post will be continously updated during DNC week. While the Democrats, the Obama campaign and the attendant corporate sponsors pull out all the stops for this week's histori...
Aug 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Overlooked and Unappreciated in Beijing Overlooked and Unappreciated in Beijing
If a dynasty isn't noticed, can it really dominate? Lisa Leslie doesn't think so. Leslie just won her fourth consecutive gold medal at her fourthconsecutive Olympics--an un...
Aug 24, 2008 / Dave Zirin
Biden’s Kitchen-Table Populism Biden’s Kitchen-Table Populism
Barack Obama stumbled at one point in his introduction of his vice presidential pick, telling the crowd in Springfield that he had come to "introduce you to the next President…t...
Aug 23, 2008 / John Nichols
On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain On Iraq, Biden Is Worse than McCain
Barack Obama may be doing the one thing that might have seemed impossible: he's picking a running mate whose ideas about Iraq are even worse than, and stupider than, John McCain's...
Aug 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jamaica Bolts to the Top Jamaica Bolts to the Top
"All I can say is, 'Yo! Jamaican sprinters taking over the world!'" said Usain Bolt, who has, for my money been the preeminent star of these games--even bigger th...
Aug 22, 2008 / Dave Zirin
FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is poised to implement new rules that will create a new surveillance state.
A People’s Convention? A People’s Convention?
After a historical and exhilarating primary season, with unprecedented voter turnout and grassroots activism, some great venues at the Democratic Convention in Denver next week wi...
Aug 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Would Mao Think of the Games? What Would Mao Think of the Games?
He'd feel bad that the whole Communist era was airbrushed out of the Olympic spectacle. But he'd probably like the swimming.
Aug 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
What Role Will Lobbyists Play in the Democratic Convention? What Role Will Lobbyists Play in the Democratic Convention?
The Nation's Ari Berman dissects the corporate influence-peddling at this year's Democratic convention.
Aug 22, 2008 / The Nation Video
Remembering Gene Upshaw Remembering Gene Upshaw
The last thirty years haven't exactly been kind to the labor movement. It's been a story of slow death, with decades of falling unionnumbers, stagnant wages and disappearin...
Aug 22, 2008 / Dave Zirin