Students on the Future of Media
VideoNation :Student journalists at The Nation and Campus Progress's Annual Student Journalism Conference talk how news media will be produced, consumed and funded in the next five to ten years.
VideoNation :Student journalists at The Nation and Campus Progress's Annual Student Journalism Conference talk how news media will be produced, consumed and funded in the next five to ten years.
Simon Maxwell Apter:Washington more often suffocates than satisfies our dreams, and this may prove to be the twenty-third season's unwavering dramatic thread.
Dave Zirin & Snehal Shingavi:University of Texas football coach Mack Brown is getting a $2 million bonus while the rest of campus is tightening its belt.

Jacob Stokes : Youth
After fifteen years as a production manager, one man is now forced to haul trash out of abandoned public housing. Instead of panicking, he is turning the crisis into an opportunity to do good.

Elizabeth Méndez Berry : Youth, Education, & Children
The 2008 election galvanized young voters and organizers. One year later, where are they?
Michael Cohen : Youth
A struggling young journalist is forced to take up a job on the side delivering pizza, but with tips dwindling, he wonders if it's really worth it.
Ophelia Hu : Youth
What is poverty? One volunteer's perspective shows us it's all relative.

The Nation presents images of a unique moment in time: when America's youth rallied and organized in record numbers for the 2008 election.
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By Shakthi Jothianandan A new Google map of national student activism harnesses the power of the web in hopes of connecting youth from coast to coast.
Alana Levinson : Youth
Can the Republican Party survive without the enthusiasm of its young supporters?

Lizzy Ratner : Youth
Young people have lost 2.5 million jobs to the crisis, making them the hardest-hit age group.
Aleena Durrani : Youth
The looming presence of debt collectors makes high school an even harder.
Jeanette Blalock-Davis : Youth
Going abroad is no longer just a school-time pleasure cruise. It's an employment opportunity.

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The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships
| Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?
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Facing Bipartisan Criticism, RNC's Steele Asks If Race Is Factor | "Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?” he wonders. Maybe he could compare notes with Obama.
John Nichols
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New Web Column at The Washington Post | Every Tuesday, I'll be featuring progressive thinking about politics and challenging the Right in my new web column for The Washington Post. Read my first one here.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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When Snow Melts: Vancouver’s Olympic Crackdown | Anger is growing in Vancouver in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Like Olympic clockwork, here comes the media crackdown.
Dave Zirin
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The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Michael Rubin | How an AEI apparatchik's love affair for Ahmed Chalabi blinds him to Chalabi's pro-Iran treachery.
Robert Dreyfuss
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Demand Question Time | Join the call for the President and Congress to implement regular Question Time sessions.
Peter Rothberg
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How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday | Give to help low income girls and women.
Katha Pollitt
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Slacker Friday | James O'Keefe and Alter-reviews.
Eric Alterman
