Society

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 / The Nation Video

Our Inalienable Human Rights Our Inalienable Human Rights

Despite their political differences, Americans are strikingly united on the value of human rights, according to a new poll sponsored by The Nation.

Dec 10, 2007 / Feature / Alan Jenkins

Setting the Record Straight on FISA Setting the Record Straight on FISA

Civil liberties and national security are not contradictory: they are inextricably linked.

Dec 7, 2007 / Rep. John Conyers

Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy

 

Dec 6, 2007 / The Nation

What’s Really Wrong With the MSM? What’s Really Wrong With the MSM?

They've lost our trust by providing conservatives a platform for deliberate deceptions, silencing reporters for revealing the truth and excusing their own self-serving behavior.

Dec 6, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

TransAfrica’s Tribute to Ruby Dee TransAfrica’s Tribute to Ruby Dee

"She is our elder and our sister and our daughter. We celebrate her as we celebrate the moon: our guide through the dark, dark night."

Dec 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley

Civic Agriculture = Sane Housing Civic Agriculture = Sane Housing

There is an alternative to unhealthy eating and irresponsible development schemes.

Dec 3, 2007 / Feature / Nevin Cohen

Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues Heartland Forum Tackles the Real Issues

Pushing past TV's divisive debate format, a unusual forum in Iowa Saturday pushed Democratic candidates to really explain where they stand on pollution, immigration and predatory l...

Dec 3, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Students for a Free Pakistan Students for a Free Pakistan

Putting blogs, cellphones and text messages to work, Pakistani students around the world are rallying against Musharraf's martial law.

Nov 30, 2007 / Feature / Jayati Vora

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