• GOP Mocks Public Service

  Activism & Organizing

  Peter Dreier & John Atlas: Mocking community organizers, the GOP attacks a tradition of collective self-help that's made America a more humane country.

• Palin Pundit Hypocrisy

  Presidential Election 2008

  The Daily Show : Jon Stewart exposes the shameless GOP double-speak in the wake of the Palin selection

• Sarah Palin's Shotgun Politics

  Reproductive Rights

  Gary Younge: The vile politics of the party of abstinence stepped up to suffocate Bristol Palin in its embrace.

• Sarah Palin's Frontier Justice

  Law & Justice

  Patricia J. Williams: Her appeal to a certain sector of the electorate lies in her willingness to take the law in her own hands--and use public power as a personal weapon.

• Alaska's Windfall Profits

  Alaska

  Robert Scheer: Why is it a good thing for Alaskans to get a cut of exorbitant oil company profits, but not the rest of us, if we are all part of one nation?

• The Problem Is Empire

  Peace Activism

  Tom Hayden: The challenge to the peace movement is not to liberalize the empire; the task is to peacefully and steadily bring it to an end--and make democracy safe for the world.

• Juno From Juneau

  Presidential Election 2008

  Max Blumenthal: A startling look at the GOP's reaction to the unwanted pregnancy of Sarah Palin's daughter.

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• Blue-Collar Republicans

  Labor Organizing & Activism

  Christopher Hayes: The Republican Party has set itself firmly against the agenda of the labor movement. So to observe Labor Day in St. Paul was a strange experience indeed.

• Winning in November

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: What issues must the Democrats champion in order to win in the general election in November?

• Impressions from Denver

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: Cutting through the spin and the stagecraft, Nation correspondents on the scene in Denver report on their experiences at the Democratic convention.

• I Fish, I Hunt, I Vote Democratic

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: The Nation's Chris Hayes catches up with a pro-gun gathering of Democrats in Denver--and Davy Crockett's 21st-century namesake.

• Victor Navasky Looks Back

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: The Nation's Publisher Emeritus reflects on every convention since 1956--and ahead to Obama's historic moment.

• Dissent in Denver

  Convention 08

  VideoNation & Brett Story: If Barack Obama is promishing change from the bottom up, then what's driving the protests in Denver?

• The Lobbyists' Party

  Convention 08

  VideoNation : The Nation's Ari Berman dissects the corporate influence-peddling at this year's Democratic convention.