Society

Beyond Pink vs. Blue Beyond Pink vs. Blue

Why gendered toys really matter: they influence the careers kids choose later on.

Dec 30, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein

Dave Zirin Picks the Top Sports Stories of the Year Dave Zirin Picks the Top Sports Stories of the Year

Dave Zirin picks top sports stories of the year.

Dec 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

1968 Olympian Lee Evans Has a Brain Tumor and No Health Insurance 1968 Olympian Lee Evans Has a Brain Tumor and No Health Insurance

Lee Evans has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. He needs our help.

Dec 24, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Facts Are Stupid Things Facts Are Stupid Things

 Reed on fact-checking in the new, old-fashioned way, and the mail.

Dec 22, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Access Blocked to Bradley Manning’s Hearing Access Blocked to Bradley Manning’s Hearing

Bans on recording devices and Internet access and other arbitrary rules are preventing the public from witnessing this historic trial.

Dec 22, 2011 / Rainey Reitman

Unlawful Detention on US Soil Unlawful Detention on US Soil

Communication Management Units, the highly restrictive prisons holding mostly Arab and Muslim men, continue to operate outside the law, with no oversight.

Dec 22, 2011 / Alia Malek

Thomas Friedman Is On to the Next ‘Bubble Fantasy’ Thomas Friedman Is On to the Next ‘Bubble Fantasy’

That Friedman’s self-serving feints at the truth still earn him a place of high journalistic regard is a sad commentary on the profession.

Dec 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Remembering Hitchens

Remembering Hitchens Remembering Hitchens

“Christopher had a twenty-five-year adventure with The Nation that I hope was as rewarding for him as it was for us, despite the political collisions.”

Dec 22, 2011 / Editorial / Victor Navasky

Disgrace: On Marc Hauser Disgrace: On Marc Hauser

A case of scientific misconduct at Harvard.

Dec 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Charles Gross

The Santa Claus Test

The Santa Claus Test The Santa Claus Test

Today, neither the press nor government has the authority to validate little Virginia's belief in miracles.

Dec 21, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

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