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Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor

Letters published in the May 31, 2010, issue of The Nation.

May 13, 2010 / Our Readers

Judging Elena Kagan

Judging Elena Kagan Judging Elena Kagan

Obama's Supreme Court nominee should be "borked."

May 13, 2010 / The Editors

Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim

Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim Believing in Justice, Blaming the Victim

Those who most strongly believe that the world is fair are most likely to reconcile their distress about unearned suffering by blaming the victims.

May 13, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers?

What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers? What Ever Happened to Welfare Mothers?

If the boom years failed to lift poor mothers into the middle class, how are they faring now that the middle class is becoming the new poor?

May 13, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Noted. Noted.

Spring laurels for The Nation, plus Peter Weiss on Rhonda Copeland, and John Nichols on David Obey.

May 13, 2010 / The Nation

Glenn Beck, America’s Historian Laureate Glenn Beck, America’s Historian Laureate

The Tea Party’s guide to American exceptionalism: It is all about race.

May 13, 2010 / Greg Grandin

The Enhancement of the Senses The Enhancement of the Senses

In The Age of Wonder, Richard Holmes lucidly charts how the Romantics were as transfixed by the failures of science as they were by its bright accomplishments.

May 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paula Findlen

Retaking Rio

Retaking Rio Retaking Rio

With the Olympics coming to town, the state seeks to reclaim the favelas.

May 12, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies—Update

"Advocating ethnic solidarity" is now illegal in Arizona public schools.

May 12, 2010 / Jon Wiener

The Final Battle: Lessig vs. Greenwald The Final Battle: Lessig vs. Greenwald

Lawrence Lessig and Glenn Greenwald debate Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination.

May 12, 2010 / Press Room

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