Nation Conversations: Jay Rosen: Dissecting the American Media Nation Conversations: Jay Rosen: Dissecting the American Media
The Internet has revolutionized journalism: not only has it put the powers of production in the hands of the audience, but it has also drastically increased participation in a prev...
Mar 30, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Turkey’s Transformation: On Islam, Nationalism and Modernity Turkey’s Transformation: On Islam, Nationalism and Modernity
Carter Vaughn Finley's timely new history contends that Turkey's development has been misunderstood as an upward march from Islamic empire to secular republic.
Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Marc Edward Hoffman
Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona Bring the No-Fly Zone Home to Arizona
Could Obama and his supporters take a break from celebrating so-called no-fly zones—and take a look at what’s happening in Arizona?
Mar 30, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart? Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart?
If corporate America and right-wing libertarians get their way, thousands of female Wal-Mart employees will never get the substance of their case heard in court.
Mar 30, 2011 / Liza Featherstone
Big Pharma Strikes Again Big Pharma Strikes Again
Republicans often bemoan what they view as the heavy burden of government regulation. But the absence of such regulation, combined with the prevalence of industry-bought loopholes,...
Mar 29, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow Cleveland, Texas and Gender Jim Crow
In the wake of national scrutiny over the rape of an 11-year-old girl, African-Americans in Cleveland espoused the same moral exceptions that white Southerners used to excuse lynch...
Mar 29, 2011 / William Jelani Cobb
Are There No Standards for Punditry? Are There No Standards for Punditry?
Thanks to cable news, discredited experts and government officials are regularly reborn as trusted authorities.
Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America How ‘Enemy Creep’ Is Guantánamo-izing America
Congressman Peter King's hearings on Muslim radicalization are only the latest sign that, if the ascending right in Washington (and elsewhere) has its way, the age of toleranc...
Mar 29, 2011 / Karen J. Greenberg
Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact Wisconsin’s Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact
Why are the Republicans going after a history professor who calls himself a “centrist”?
Mar 28, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Unpacking for a Disaster Unpacking for a Disaster
The catastrophes in Japan remain that country’s tragedy, so we need to keep our own anxieties here in the US in check—or harness them to make constructive changes in ...
Mar 28, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit