Society

The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010 The Top Seven ‘Edge of Sports’ Moments of 2010

Here we have what are indubitably and without argument, the top seven collisions of sports and politics in 2010 that didn’t involve an elbow and Barack Obama’s mouth. W...

Dec 22, 2010 / Dave Zirin

What Newark Schools Need

What Newark Schools Need What Newark Schools Need

Why won't Facebook philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg use his gift to build on progress already being made?

Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Dana Goldstein

Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education Beyond Silver Bullets for American Education

The problems facing our schools demand solutions, not slogans.

Dec 22, 2010 / Feature / Pedro Noguera and Randi Weingarten

The Top Political Buzzwords of 2010 The Top Political Buzzwords of 2010

From the rise of man-up to the fall of teabagger, the political buzzwords of 2010 express the Red/Blue divide.

Dec 21, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill

Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...

Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Great Islamophobic Crusade The Great Islamophobic Crusade

Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, pseudo-scholars, European neo-fascists, violent Israeli settlers and Republican presidential hopefuls behind the n...

Dec 21, 2010 / Max Blumenthal

Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid?

Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid? Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid?

Left for dead after the 2010 elections, Barack Obama is now the media's new comeback kid. But let's wait and see what that "comeback" actually entails.

Dec 21, 2010 / Ari Berman

Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter

Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.

Dec 21, 2010 / Eric Alterman

How The Disabled Were Dehumanized How The Disabled Were Dehumanized

Press coverage of a young man thrown out of his wheelchair during the UK student protests suggests that "real" disabled people are not whole human beings.

Dec 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny

Slide Show: Katha Pollitt’s Holiday Giving Guide for Nation Readers

Slide Show: Katha Pollitt’s Holiday Giving Guide for Nation Readers Slide Show: Katha Pollitt’s Holiday Giving Guide for Nation Readers

“Studies show,” writes Katha Pollitt, “that experiences, not possessions, are what make people happy. So this holiday season, make yourself happy by experiencing helping others through year-end donations to these fine groups.” With no shortage of progressive causes worthy of attention and funding, Pollitt has picked her top-ten organizations that deserve your giving this year.

Dec 17, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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