Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program
I'd like to get away with a crime, too. How great a writer do I have to be to have the Swiss government protect me?
Jul 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
The Trouble With Amazon The Trouble With Amazon
It's big, cheap and convenient. But does the online bookseller really serve readers' interests?
Jul 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Colin Robinson
Grisly Mamas Grisly Mamas
Conservative housewives have the same desire for power and respect that liberal women do. No wonder women comprise half of the Tea Party movement.
Jul 14, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Katrina Is Not a Metaphor Katrina Is Not a Metaphor
When we reduce the devastating hurricane to fiction—even really good fiction—we risk making it little more than a trope.
Jul 14, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly
Even after all the "lamestream media" coverage, new data shows Sarah Palin's "Mama Grizzlies" video was largely ignored by her supporters and watched mostly by ...
Jul 14, 2010 / Ari Melber
Charges in Police Killings Just a Start Charges in Police Killings Just a Start
If a federal investigation's good enough for New Orleans, how about Oakland too?
Jul 14, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Key Prosecution Witness Missing in Alex Sanchez Case Key Prosecution Witness Missing in Alex Sanchez Case
Federal prosecutors will soon be forced to admit that their star witness in the gang conspiracy case against Alex Sanchez is a fugitive still on a crime spree somewhere in Central ...
Jul 14, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Actually Getting There Is Only Half the Battle Actually Getting There Is Only Half the Battle
Students who have transferred from community colleges to four-year schools often lack the professional skills required to land jobs and internships after graduation.
Jul 14, 2010 / Melanie Breault
Commentary: Colin Robinson on Amazon’s Bad Business Commentary: Colin Robinson on Amazon’s Bad Business
The mega-bookseller's business model can be seriously damaging to publishers, authors and even consumers.
Jul 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Do Ask, Don’t Tell Do Ask, Don’t Tell
The White House has pulled quite a bait and switch on the LGBT community.
Jul 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders