Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer? Did You Know The Nation Has a Sports Writer?
Sports make a great framework for examining politics.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Habiba Alcindor
A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter A Conversation With NBA Union Man Billy Hunter
Billy Hunter has a progressive spine and a background that has taken him from working with Huey Newton to sitting across the table from the most formidable commissioner in sports, ...
Jun 19, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin
The End of the eXile? The End of the eXile?
The crackdown on Russian media is afamiliar story. Certainly, the New York Times, the Wall StreetJournal and particularly the Washington Post are quick tohurl charges of authoritar...
Jun 19, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Small Donors Matter More Than Outdated Laws Small Donors Matter More Than Outdated Laws
Last winter, in the early stages of his run for the presidency, Barack Obama said he'd consider accepting public financing for the general election if his Republican opponent would...
Jun 19, 2008 / Ari Berman
FISA Cave In FISA Cave In
The phrase "cave-in" can get thrown around too often. Legislation requires compromise, and activists are pretty much never completely happy with anything that actually manages to ...
Jun 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Return of Rudy The Return of Rudy
The Nation's Christopher Hayes discusses the tone-deafness of the McCain campaign and the reemergence of Rudy Giuliani as a GOP attack dog.
Jun 19, 2008 / Countdown
Seeing Past the Gorgons Seeing Past the Gorgons
The New Yorker's art critic turns his eye toward the cultural summits.
Jun 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism Bogus Campus Anti-Semitism
Accusations by right-wing Zionists of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine, are suspect at best.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Loving John McCain Loving John McCain
He's not the maverick the mainstream media have proclaimed him to be.
Jun 19, 2008 / Feature / Eric Alterman and George Zornick
Feminists for McCain? Not So Much Feminists for McCain? Not So Much
NARAL and Planned Parenthood give him a big fat zero. What else do you need to know?
Jun 19, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt