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Writers of the World Unite Writers of the World Unite

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.

Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Luvh Rakhe

From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate? From the Archive: In Europe, Where’s the Hate?

The main threat to democracy isn't “Islamofacism” but plain old fascism, with mostly white Europeans terrorizing minorities in the name of racial, cultural or religious...

Dec 20, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

‘Bad for the Jews’ ‘Bad for the Jews’

A paradox of American Jewish political behavior: they think like liberals, but they let belligerent right-wingers who demonize and distort their values speak for them.

Dec 20, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

Western Promises Western Promises

From the archive: A book by a former ICTY official offers a vivid insider's account of realpolitik at the Milosevic trial.

Dec 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marc Perelman

About Facebook About Facebook

As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber

Divided States Divided States

A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag

South Carolina: Inside the ‘Black Primary’ South Carolina: Inside the ‘Black Primary’

As Clinton and Obama square off in South Carolina, a window opens on the fractured state of black politics. It's been an extended soul search. And it ain't over yet.

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Bob Moser

Best of The Nation 2007 Best of The Nation 2007

It was a year of alarming news and amazing reporting on the Iraq War, the rise of private mercenary firms, the burgeoning business of disaster capitalism, an ever more vulnerable e...

Dec 19, 2007 / Feature / Joan Connell

A Hoax Exposed at Princeton A Hoax Exposed at Princeton

When a strait-laced Princeton student claimed he was attacked by liberal thugs, the conservative establishment rallied around him--until it turned out to be a lie.

Dec 18, 2007 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

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

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