Cornel West and Peter Singer in 'Examined Life'

• Q&A With Thomas Frank

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Christopher Hayes: The central thesis of Thomas Frank's new book, The Wrecking Crew, is that the kind of obscene depravity witnessed at the Department. of Interior is the natural result of the conservative philosophy of governance.

• This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope

  Public Figures & Intellectuals

  Brave Nation : Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.

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• Living the Examined Life

  Public Figures & Intellectuals

  Astra Taylor: Cornel West and Peter Singer explain the great importance of an "examined life" at this particular historic moment.

• Bringing the War Home

  Peace Activism

  Laura Hanna & Astra Taylor: Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up "Iraqi civilians", antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that turned Times Square into a combat zone.

• The Other Prison Population

  Disability Rights Movement

  Astra Taylor: Disabled people march on Washington to protest policies that keep them out of sight, out of mind.