From Jefferson To Assange From Jefferson To Assange
It is outrageous for any journalist, or respecter of what every American president has claimed is our inalienable, God-given right to a free press, not to join in Assange’s d...
Dec 8, 2010 / Robert Scheer
When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault
Julian Assange turned himself in Tuesday—he's been arrested and is being held without bail in London ahead of a hearing on extradition to Sweden. If women's security is sudde...
Dec 7, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Senators Who Could Still Go Either Way on the DREAM Act Senators Who Could Still Go Either Way on the DREAM Act
As a DREAM Act vote nears in the Senate, all eyes are on the shrinking group of Senators who might still change their minds.
Dec 7, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard
Under Obama, the American war dead have, it seems, like the war they are now fighting, generally gone into the dustbin of news coverage.
Dec 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Should Cam Newton Win the Heisman? Damn Straight, He Should! Should Cam Newton Win the Heisman? Damn Straight, He Should!
Pity the sports columnist who reaches for sanctimony in the Gomorrah of college football. Two voters for the 2010 Heisman Trophy, the sport's top award, have announced that they wo...
Dec 7, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
With Jailed Minister, DREAM Act Hunger Strike Nears Critical 30-Day Stage With Jailed Minister, DREAM Act Hunger Strike Nears Critical 30-Day Stage
The Congressional Budget Office reports that the DREAM Act would reduce the deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has given it ...
Dec 7, 2010 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers
Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy
Thirty years after the singer's death, The Nation's Jon Wiener asks: how did John Lennon make the transition from pop icon to political figure?
Dec 6, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy
Thirty years after the singer's death, The Nation's Jon Wiener asks: how did John Lennon make the transition from pop icon to political figure?
Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism
Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. ...
Dec 3, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism
Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. Me...