Dave Zirin: Tim Tebow and the NFL’s Political Hypocrisy Dave Zirin: Tim Tebow and the NFL’s Political Hypocrisy
The problem is not that sports and politics don't mix, but that for the league owners, sports and certain types of politics don't mix.
Sep 23, 2011 / ESPN
Set Phrases to Stun Set Phrases to Stun
Alterman on classic rock and jazz, Reed on cliché's gravitational pull over media.
Sep 23, 2011 / Eric Alterman
No Justice for Troy Davis No Justice for Troy Davis
Should we as a society act like the murderers that we punish?
Sep 23, 2011 / Countdown
The Future of No Child Left Behind The Future of No Child Left Behind
President Obama is moving forward to reform NCLB unilaterally, but the House GOP has its own plan.
Sep 23, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name Organizing in Troy Davis’s Name
After mourning, fight back by helping these four groups redouble their efforts to abolish capital punishment in the US.
Sep 22, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice On Troy Davis: Murder Is Good Politics, Bad Justice
In my own experience as a journalist covering this issue, the vast majority of politicians who defend capital punishment do so out of rank opportunism.
Sep 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Twin Legacies: The World Trade Center and Manhattan’s Development Twin Legacies: The World Trade Center and Manhattan’s Development
The World Trade Center paved over a patchwork of industrial docks and community businesses to become a planned community catering to high finance.
Sep 22, 2011 / The Nation and Francis Reynolds
The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’ The Execution of Troy Davis Provides Another ‘Haunting Reminder of Once Prevalent Southern Lynchings’
Rejecting international pleas, domestic protests and evidence that Troy Davis was innocent, the state of Georgia put him to death under a process that former Supreme Court Justice ...
Sep 22, 2011 / John Nichols
The Killing of Troy Davis The Killing of Troy Davis
There will not be justice for Troy Davis. But his case has reawakened Americans to a relic of injustice that must be abolished once and for all.
Sep 21, 2011 / The Editors
Rick Perry, Marlboro Man Rick Perry, Marlboro Man
Who will save America from the grip of unions, sissies, humiliation, crisis and malaise? The Texas governor fancies he’s the cowboy for the job.
Sep 21, 2011 / JoAnn Wypijewski