The Value of a Number The Value of a Number
Racial tensions between black and Latino players have been exposed in the ongoing controversy over how to honor Roberto Clemente.
Feb 6, 2006 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Boehner’s Broken Promises Boehner’s Broken Promises
In his victory over Roy Blunt to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader, John Boehner ran as the reformer. This weekend he hit the Sunday talk shows to explain just which refor...
Feb 6, 2006 / Ari Berman
Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law
I received this email from my colleague Doug Henwood last week: A bankruptcy judge in Texas, by all accounts a sober and respected fellow, wrote the attached opinion, denouncing ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper
To some California conservatives, she's no less than Satan. To Governor Schwarzenegger, she's his Chief of Staff and his favorite Democrat. To some reformers, she's the embodiment ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Nipplegate’s Legacy Nipplegate’s Legacy
Though it has only been two years since it made its live debut on national television, Janet Jackson's right nipple has already left an indelible mark on American society. Many tho...
Feb 5, 2006 / Richard Kim
Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink
Must read article--by The Nation's very own sportswriter Dave Zirin--about the bacchanalia atmosphere of the Super Bowl set against the ravaged backdrop of America's most impoveris...
Feb 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Washington State Says No To Discrimination Sweet Victory: Washington State Says No To Discrimination
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Cal Anderson, Washington's first openly gay state congressman, spent each of his eight years in the legislature fighting for a gay rights bill wh...
Feb 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop the Gag on Global Warming–UPDATED Stop the Gag on Global Warming–UPDATED
Nation readers don't need me to tell them how frantically the Bush Administration tries to avoid both transparency and accountability. On issue after issue, the Bushies have worke...
Feb 3, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Reap the Whirlwind Reap the Whirlwind
The rise of Samuel Alito and the death of Coretta Scott King mark the end of an era and the abandonment of our civil rights legacy by both political parties.
Feb 3, 2006 / Bruce Shapiro
“The Long War”? “The Long War”?
So, now, the Bush Administration has given an official name to the war on terrorism. "Long War." Who knows if this term will stick? Last August, Bush reached for his dict...
Feb 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel