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A World of Sports Worth Fighting For A World of Sports Worth Fighting For

Competitive athletics are far too important to leave to greedy businessmen and corporations.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Dave Zirin

Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas Unburying the Lede: 10 Free Story Ideas

US journalism needs investigative reporting, and these are great places to start.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Massing

Is Privacy Obsolete? Is Privacy Obsolete?

Thanks to the revolution in digital technology, privacy is about to go the way of the eight-track player.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / David Cole

‘Why Do They Hate Us?’ ‘Why Do They Hate Us?’

It’s too easy to condemn the right’s populist attacks on Muslims—especially with so many left-wing atheists and liberal hawks joining the party.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution

Corporations are not people, money is not speech, and votes must matter more than billionaires’ dollars.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Here’s another reminder that “personal responsibility” is a principle relevant only to the poor and the black.

Mar 23, 2015 / Column / Gary Younge

Clickbait Has Plagued Journalism for 125 Years Clickbait Has Plagued Journalism for 125 Years

The dragging down of the mighty has been not unpleasing sport in all ages.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Godkin and Rochelle Gurstein

It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt It’s Time to End Tuition at Public Universities—and Abolish Student Debt

In America today, people owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. But there’s a simple and elegant way to end this travesty.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Toward a Third Reconstruction Toward a Third Reconstruction

A conversation on The Nation, race and history at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with Eric Foner, Darryl Pinckney, Mychal Denzel Smith, Isabel Wilkerson and Pat...

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

How To Fix American Journalism How To Fix American Journalism

American journalism has lost its crusader instinct. Here’s how to get it back.