Ground Zero for Free Speech Ground Zero for Free Speech
The proposed cultural center in lower Manhattan has become the latest target of the right's all-out attack on the First Amendment.
Aug 12, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Afternoon Delight Afternoon Delight
On Charlie Rangel, the world's worst songs and right-wing hypocrisy.
Aug 12, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
WikiLeaks and War Crimes WikiLeaks and War Crimes
There was a brief moment when it seemed the evidence of civilian killings, military cover ups and widespread lack of accountability contained in the WikiLeaks documents would spark...
Aug 12, 2010 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill
What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About
The attorneys general in Florida and Virginia who are attacking America's uninsured ought to think about who really benefits from the politicization of well-being.
Aug 12, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Art School (Propositions for the 21st Century); Ch-ch-ch-changes: Artists Talk about Teaching; Curating and the Educational Turn
Aug 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Evil Inequality In the Works for the Web Evil Inequality In the Works for the Web
As we've been rehashing the Constitution lately, maybe it bears reminding that we learned years ago that separate's not equal.
Aug 11, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Obama Goes to Texas Obama Goes to Texas
Obama's half-hour speech in the University of Texas gym, where 4,000 youthful supporters came to see him, sketched a vague strategy for higher education.
Aug 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Sara Haji
Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence Conversation: A.C. Thompson and Jacques Morial on Post-Katrina Police Violence
In the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans police department were responsible for much of the deadly violence.
Aug 11, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
The Televangelist and the Warlord The Televangelist and the Warlord
Why did American televangelist Pat Robertson make a mining deal with accused war criminal and deposed Liberian President Charles Taylor?
Aug 11, 2010 / Aram Roston
Rising to the Task of Slowing Down Rising to the Task of Slowing Down
If we are to produce not only our best work, but also our best lives, we need to think hard about developing a different attitude toward time.
Aug 11, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel