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In Life Sentences, William Gass shows that consciousness needs to be stressed to be strengthened.

What seventy downed drones reveal about the new American way of war.

Groups long committed to challenging inequality and the power of big banks are joining the Occupy movement, in a mutually reinforcing relationship.

Meet the secret bases that make up the backbone of a new American robotic way of war.

The era of "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" seems, slowly, to be drawing to a close.

Across the country, the notion of state-owned banks is catching on.

As we observe the third anniversary of Molly Ivins's death, we are ever more the lesser for her loss.

In response to Lizzy Ratner's "Generation Recession," young readers from across the country wrote to The Nation to share how the recession has impacted them.

The problem with Father Coughlin isn't just his message of hate; it's the affection his huge audience has for him.

Forget big bailouts. The fed should finance non-profit state banks like the Bank of North Dakota--no profit means no reason for bankers to misbehave--to get real money to real people in the real economy.