The Fall of Marion Jones, Inc. The Fall of Marion Jones, Inc.
The sports establishment is shocked, shocked at her steroid-fueled Olympic wins. But didn't they also play a role?
Oct 15, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
What’s Radiohead Worth? What’s Radiohead Worth?
The British rockers stick a fork in the recording industry by offering downloads of a new album for whatever fans want to pay. Oh, the anguish.
Oct 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Nobel Prize Winner “Abandons” Family Nobel Prize Winner “Abandons” Family
Why is it that when a man leaves his wife and she retains custody of the kids we say, simply, "he is divorced?" Yet when a woman, say Doris Lessing, leaves her husband a...
Oct 15, 2007 / Karen Houppert
Questions for Michael Mukasey Questions for Michael Mukasey
Elizabeth Holtzman, Nan Aron, Stephen Gillers, Victor Navasky and others quiz the Attorney General nominee on torture, the Constitution and the fate of Alberto Gonzales.
Oct 15, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Jews, Jesus, and Republicans: Playing Ann Coulter’s Game Jews, Jesus, and Republicans: Playing Ann Coulter’s Game
When Ann Coulter remarked on CNBC that Jews should become Christians, it wasn't "a faux pas," and she wasn't being "an idiot," as many commentators suggested. ...
Oct 15, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Getting Green in DC Getting Green in DC
I'm recently back from the Green Festival in Washington, DC. Billed as the largest sustainability event in the world, the GF is a two-day extravaganza that started in San Francisc...
Oct 15, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
A Future Only a Pentagon Planner Could Possibly Love A Future Only a Pentagon Planner Could Possibly Love
How can we understand our world, if we have hardly a clue about the mini-worlds where planning for our future takes place? Just the other day, the Washington Post had one of the o...
Oct 13, 2007 / TomDispatch
The Activists of Jena Six The Activists of Jena Six
It's not just a story about six black teenagers. It's the reawakening of a movement.
Oct 13, 2007 / The Nation
Young People All Over the World Call for a Free Burma Young People All Over the World Call for a Free Burma
On the International Day of Action, marches and rallies were held in twenty-seven countries. And it all started because of Facebook.
Oct 13, 2007 / The Nation
A New Latino Agenda A New Latino Agenda
Latino voters will go to the polls in 2008 with a hemispheric vision, a new sense of power and concerned about Iraq, immigration and the environment.
Oct 12, 2007 / Feature / Roberto Lovato