Against Happiness Against Happiness
Women are less happy than we used to be. But given the state of the world, perhaps if we had a little more worry and a little less happy, we'd be better off.
Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Annabelle Gurwitch
Christian Parenti: Congo Diary Christian Parenti: Congo Diary
The Nation's international correspondent journeys deep into the heart of the Congo Basin woodlands to see how a massive logging boom is decimating the world's second-largest tropi...
Oct 3, 2007 / Christian Parenti and Laura Hanna
The Sick Knicks The Sick Knicks
Exposed in court as sex harassers, the coach and owner of a storied basketball team have turned Madison Square Garden into a toxic workplace.
Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Jena: Take Your Nooses Down Jena: Take Your Nooses Down
A schoolyard fight in Jena, Louisiana, fueled by hateful symbols of the Jim Crow era, prompted John Mellencamp to write this song. Watch the video.
Oct 3, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
The Moral Dangers of Adventure Tourism The Moral Dangers of Adventure Tourism
The best read this morning is this amazing piece by Rolf Potts titled "Death of an Adventure Traveler" (via Arts and Letters Daily). The narrative traces his decision as ...
Oct 3, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate
Idaho Senate Larry Craig is fast becoming the inconvenient truth of Capitol Hill. The senator who first said he would resign after pleading guilty to charges related to an alleged...
Oct 3, 2007 / John Nichols
The State Department’s Hired Guns The State Department’s Hired Guns
Why did the State Department tolerate--and pay to conceal--the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?
Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
The FOX-NPR Tension The FOX-NPR Tension
The ongoing fallout over Bill O'Reilly's recent racial comments is stoking tensions between Fox News and NPR. Both channels employ Juan Williams, who got O'Reilly talking about ra...
Oct 3, 2007 / Ari Melber
College Cost Reduction Act Passed College Cost Reduction Act Passed
H.R. 2669 is the largest increase in student aid since the GI Bill of 1944.
Oct 2, 2007 / The Nation