Watered Whiskey: James Baldwin’s Uncollected Writings Watered Whiskey: James Baldwin’s Uncollected Writings
The Cross of Redemption tells the story of James Baldwin as a working writer: casual, lax and preachy, but also honest, angry and brilliant.
Apr 13, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Elias Altman
Luis Posada Carriles Acquitted in Texas Luis Posada Carriles Acquitted in Texas
For justice to be served, Attorney José Pertierra says that Posada Carriles ought to be extradited.
Apr 13, 2011 / David Brooks
How to Build a Media Reform Movement How to Build a Media Reform Movement
At the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform, Malkia Cyril calls for a social merger, the consolidation of people's voices, to challenge the moneyed interests which currently...
Apr 12, 2011 / Video / Center for Media Justice
The Crackdown on Bahrain’s Jocks for Justice The Crackdown on Bahrain’s Jocks for Justice
More than 200 Bahraini athletes—all Shi’a Muslims—have been suspended or detained for taking part in anti-government protests.
Apr 11, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
In the Next Round of Budget Talks, Big Cuts for Health Research Are Coming In the Next Round of Budget Talks, Big Cuts for Health Research Are Coming
One of the agencies hardest hit by Congress’s 2011 appropriations bill is likely to be the world’s largest investor in biomedical research, the National Institutes of H...
Apr 11, 2011 / Rachel Riederer
From The Archive: Five Pieces by James Baldwin From The Archive: Five Pieces by James Baldwin
The publication of The Cross of Redemption is an occasion to revisit some of the many fine essays and reviews written for The Nation by Baldwin, who was a member of the magazine's...
Apr 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Title IX Resonates Beyond Yale’s Walls Title IX Resonates Beyond Yale’s Walls
The federal investigation of Yale’s sexual climate will hopefully send a message to all universities and university students that rape will no longer be tolerated or excused. Even ...
Apr 11, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
NPR Station in LA Suspends Planned Parenthood Spots NPR Station in LA Suspends Planned Parenthood Spots
A tale of journalistic cowardice.
Apr 10, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
The Budget Stalemate Is Not About Abortion The Budget Stalemate Is Not About Abortion
Planned Parenthood gets no federal money to provide abortion care. So why does the media keep claiming the looming government shutdown is about “abortion”?
Apr 8, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Glenn Beck’s Own End Times Foretold Glenn Beck’s Own End Times Foretold
Keeping Beck on might have complicated the Fox-GOP industrial complex’s ability to use government power on behalf of the moneyed interests.
Apr 8, 2011 / Leslie Savan