Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011
Apr 4, 2011 / Lived History / The Nation
Honoring Manning Honoring Manning
Manning meant for his students to bridge the gap between the seminar room and the street, between theory and practice, between big ideas and the brutal realities of our present w...
Apr 4, 2011 / Lived History / Timothy Patrick McCarthy
Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011
A collection of tributes from friends, students and admirers of a man whose outsized impact on American letters will be felt for years to come.
Apr 4, 2011 / Lived History / The Nation
Remembering Manning Remembering Manning
A tribute to the recently departed scholar Manning Marable, by a close friend.
Apr 4, 2011 / Lived History / Bill Fletcher Jr.
Is NCAA President Mark Emmert ‘Justice-Curious’? Is NCAA President Mark Emmert ‘Justice-Curious’?
Last week, NCAA President Mark Emmert crossed a stunning ideological bridge away from the antediluvian. Emmert said in an interview with USA Today that at April's NCAA board meetin...
Apr 4, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed In Search of the Lost Battalion of America’s Unemployed
The news media these days look to outperform one another in their showings of concern for the lost battalion of America’s unemployed. Consult any newspaper, wander the Intern...
Apr 4, 2011 / Lewis Lapham
The Great Wells of Manning Marable The Great Wells of Manning Marable
Manning Marable did more than encourage us. He made a way for us.
Apr 3, 2011 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry
Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism Afghans and Floridians: Extremism Builds Extremism
Massacres in Afghanistan by Muslim fanatics echo the fanaticism of preachers in Gainesville.
Apr 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
I Know a Little I Know a Little
How Commentary and Israel's Six-Day War informed the neoconservative movement (or didn't).
Apr 1, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
This Year’s Final Four: Beyond ‘Cinderella vs. Sinners’ This Year’s Final Four: Beyond ‘Cinderella vs. Sinners’
Before the media becomes too engorged on this Cinderella vs. Sinners narrative, it‘s worth noting that while superficially true, it’s also fraudulent, moralistic hooey.
Apr 1, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin