Peace Sign Turns Fifty Peace Sign Turns Fifty
Thanks to my colleague Scott Klein for telling me that the Peace Sign, one of the most widely known symbols in the world, turns fifty this week. It was first displayed on home-mad...
Feb 19, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Film We Dreamed The Film We Dreamed
In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.
Feb 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
Wisconsin Put Trade on the Agenda Wisconsin Put Trade on the Agenda
If the 2008 Wisconsin Democratic primary contest is remembered for anything it will be as the place where an unfocused debate on economics began to get serious about the issue of ...
Feb 19, 2008 / John Nichols
Give Dennis Kucinich His Due Give Dennis Kucinich His Due
Routinely ridiculed as a political eccentric, Kucinich is a braver progressive than most. As he fights for his political life, he deserves our support.
Feb 19, 2008 / Steve Cobble
Wanted: More White Babies Wanted: More White Babies
A look at a cynical Christian Conservative effort to export the U.S. culture wars.
Feb 18, 2008 / Kathryn Joyce, The Nation Video, and Brett Story
Google Puts Your Data in a Corner Google Puts Your Data in a Corner
Facebook is still feeling the heat over its Hotel California data policy, which hordes users' private information even after they try to desert the site. The Times' Maria Aspan has...
Feb 18, 2008 / Ari Melber
Nutrition vs. Food: Michael Pollan’s Eater’s Manifesto Nutrition vs. Food: Michael Pollan’s Eater’s Manifesto
What's so bad about convenience food?, I asked Michael Pollan - his new book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto," has been the number one best-seller nationally for the las...
Feb 18, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Why Presidents’ Day? Why Presidents’ Day?
The federal holiday, and resulting three-day weekend on the third February of each calendar year is officially listed by the Government as Washington's Birthday. In 1971, the holi...
Feb 18, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Obama Meets Edwards, Pledges Party Remake Obama Meets Edwards, Pledges Party Remake
John Edwards won almost half a million votes on Super Tuesday, more than enough to have tipped several states in different directions than they went in the close race between Bara...
Feb 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Harlem Mystery: Did Rangel’s District Go for Barack Obama? Harlem Mystery: Did Rangel’s District Go for Barack Obama?
New York Congressman Charlie Rangel was an early and essential backer of Hillary Clinton's campaign for president. The support of the senior House Democrat was required if the se...
Feb 16, 2008 / John Nichols