Society

Locked Up in Limbo Locked Up in Limbo

In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.

Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / Laura Mansnerus

Rights of Passage Rights of Passage

How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.

Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / Eyal Press

Playing the God Card Playing the God Card

It's not Romney's Mormon faith that threatens the core values of a secular nation. It's Huckabee's messianic candidacy.

Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / John Nichols

Crime and Cover-Up Crime and Cover-Up

The CIA tapes' destruction and violation of anti-torture statutes they recorded require a special prosecutor.

Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House Why I Won’t Be Invited to Mitt Romney’s White House

My top-ten list of reasons why I gave God the old heave-ho.

Dec 12, 2007 / Editorial / Annabelle Gurwitch

Waterboarding Democracy Waterboarding Democracy

Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?

Dec 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels

CIA, Department of Justice, White House--and members of Congress--ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.

Dec 11, 2007 / Feature / Aziz Huq

Bonfire of the Disney Princesses Bonfire of the Disney Princesses

Disney's idea of sex doesn't belong in the pre-K playroom. Parents, unite: make a holiday bonfire of all that plastic and tulle: let your girls be girls again.

Dec 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich

Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year Sports 2007: It Was a Very Bad Year

Michael Vick's sentencing to twenty-three months in prison caps a depressing and scandalous year for professional sports.

Dec 10, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin

It’s Our Web It’s Our Web

Stop corporate robots from taking over the Web. Freespeech.org explains how relentless marketing and data-mining puts your privacy in peril.

Dec 10, 2007 / Video / The Nation Video

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