Signing Off From Live Earth Signing Off From Live Earth
So the daylong, globe-spanning Live Earth spectacular is in its final moments; the last chords of the almost implausibly star-studded roster of musical acts soon to be played by St...
Jul 8, 2007 / Max Fraser
Halfway Through Live Earth Halfway Through Live Earth
Approaching the midway point of the Live Earth concert, with the biggest acts still a few hours away, and fans are continuing to stream into Giants Stadium. Max and I, however, hav...
Jul 7, 2007 / Thaddeus Kromelis
Eco-Narcissicism Eco-Narcissicism
Well, Thaddeus and I have arrived at Giants Stadium, the main event is rapidly approaching, and, from the looks of the parking lot, not too many of our fellow concertgoers followed...
Jul 7, 2007 / Max Fraser
Music for a Climate in Crisis Music for a Climate in Crisis
Are the Live Earth concerts a real call to action? Vote now and post your comments in the Nation Poll. Good morning from New York. I am just about to meet up with Max Fraser to h...
Jul 7, 2007 / Thaddeus Kromelis
Women’s Rights are Human Rights, Iranian Edition Women’s Rights are Human Rights, Iranian Edition
Via Feministing comes awful news from Iran. For participating in a banned rally for women's rights in June,2006, twenty-four year old Delaram Ali has been sentenced to 34 mon...
Jul 6, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Killing the Money Primary Killing the Money Primary
July 4th's Washington Post featured a front-page story about how campaign contributors heavily favored Democrats in the three-month period that ended last weekend, giving three do...
Jul 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cheney on the Defensive Cheney on the Defensive
Dick Cheney has been a destructive force on the checks and balances of American government for more than six years. He has subverted long-standing processes, procedures, protocols...
Jul 6, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
A Clinton Spy Scandal? A Clinton Spy Scandal?
When news of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program became public, Senator Hillary Clinton called the eavesdropping "strange" and "far-fetched.&qu...
Jul 6, 2007 / Ari Berman
Reclaiming Sports Reclaiming Sports
Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.
Jul 6, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Weird Religion, Anglican Edition Weird Religion, Anglican Edition
According to two senior Church of England bishops, recent terrible floods in the UK are expressions of God's wrath at excess consumption -- or possibly excess gayfriendliness...
Jul 5, 2007 / Katha Pollitt