The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud The Mitchell Report Is a Fraud
George Mitchell's long-awaited report on steroids in baseball slanders players, gives owners a pass and never acknowledges its author's conflicts of interest.
Dec 14, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Like Nuclear Waste, the Nuclear Lobby Never Goes Away Like Nuclear Waste, the Nuclear Lobby Never Goes Away
Recently I wrote about the grassroots fight to keep billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for the nuclear industry off of the historic Energy Bill (and also here ). So far, t...
Dec 14, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino Campaign in the City: Boston Mayor Tom Menino
"Because Washington has no urban agenda, the cities in this country are doing poorly. Unemployment is up. Faith in the economy has gone down. Crime has gone up."
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy Campaign in the City: Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy
"Our cities across this country are proud. They have a great history. But like a boxer, they've taken one knee, and they have to bring themselves back."
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Campaign in the City: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
"I want to see one of the candidates come up with a comprehensive plan to eliminate the tide of drugs coming into our country. I mean, we have wars here in our city."
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV
Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz Campaign in the City: Miami Mayor Manny Diaz
"The media and pollsters don't focus on urban issues. They focus on the war, abortion, gay rights -- things that, quite frankly, for those of us in the trenches, are not exactly th...
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin Campaign in the City: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin
"Water is my top 10 priorities. Or top 20"
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper Campaign in the City: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper
"The Rocky mountains are a place where people come together and put aside partisan issues to solve problems. Being able to talk about those pragmatic solutions is going to be of gr...
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak Campaign in the City: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
"I hope when the presidential candidates talk about cities, they stop thinking about us as basketcases, and think instead of the potential of cities to turn this country around."
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video
Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown Campaign in the City: Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
"While presidential candidates are raising substantial amounts of money in cities, they are spending it in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina ... It disproportionately puts the...
Dec 14, 2007 / The Nation Video and MayorTV