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Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011

Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011

A collection of tributes from friends, students and admirers of a man whose outsized impact on American letters will be felt for years to come.

Apr 4, 2011 / The Nation

Remembering Manning Remembering Manning

A tribute to the recently departed scholar Manning Marable, by a close friend.

Apr 4, 2011 / Bill Fletcher Jr.

Is NCAA President Mark Emmert ‘Justice-Curious’? Is NCAA President Mark Emmert ‘Justice-Curious’?

Last week, NCAA President Mark Emmert crossed a stunning ideological bridge away from the antediluvian. Emmert said in an interview with USA Today that at April's NCAA board meetin...

Apr 4, 2011 / Dave Zirin

In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed

The news media these days look to outperform one another in their showings of concern for the lost battalion of America’s unemployed. Consult any newspaper, wander the Intern...

Apr 4, 2011 / Lewis Lapham

The Great Wells of Manning Marable The Great Wells of Manning Marable

Manning Marable did more than encourage us. He made a way for us.

Apr 3, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism

Massacres in Afghanistan by Muslim fanatics echo the fanaticism of preachers in Gainesville.

Apr 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

I Know a Little I Know a Little

How Commentary and Israel's Six-Day War informed the neoconservative movement (or didn't).

Apr 1, 2011 / Eric Alterman

This Year’s Final Four: Beyond ‘Cinderella vs. Sinners’ This Year’s Final Four: Beyond ‘Cinderella vs. Sinners’

Before the media becomes too engorged on this Cinderella vs. Sinners narrative, it‘s worth noting that while superficially true, it’s also fraudulent, moralistic hooey.

Apr 1, 2011 / Dave Zirin

Deanna Zandt: Online Journalism’s Silver Lining Deanna Zandt: Online Journalism’s Silver Lining

While the press grapples with how to make Internet journalism profitable, social media is creating a more inclusive and democratic media.

Mar 31, 2011 / The Nation Video

Union-Busting or Republican-Busting in Wisconsin? Union-Busting or Republican-Busting in Wisconsin?

Will the GOP's latest crusade against unions spark a movement that can fill the space left by those unions which, nationwide, stare down their own demise?

Mar 31, 2011 / Andy Kroll

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