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A clash between a feminist activist and a former Guantánamo detainee divides the left.

At Berkeley in 1964, Mario Savio embodied the need to speak and act in the face of doubt.

The journal's sustained critique of neoliberalism remains indispensable.

Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel proposes rocker John
Mellencamp as a successor to Evan Bayh and considers the likelihood of a Republican majority.

Remembering a visionary thinker and doer.

NPR's attempt to appease its critics by featuring comment from conservative pundits went a step too far when it let radical right-wing advocate David Horowitz contribute to Howard Zinn's obituary.

Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s

Remembering the pragmatic radical.

Katrina vanden Heuvel urges Democrats to mobilize their base and stop making damaging compromises with the Right.

As part of America's progressive folk tradition, The Tillers demonstrate that the left has long been essential to the country's cultural fabric.

Blogs

Will the death of Osama bin Laden bring change in US policy? Last week on this show, one by one, our guests said no. Hopes are one thing; likely reality is something else.

May 10, 2011

As Republicans pursue one of the most unpopular programs in recent memory, progressives have an opportunity to reset the terms of the debate.

May 3, 2011

Antiwar sentiment is at the heart of Obama’s base—and also of his appeal to independent voters. 

April 27, 2011

Obama, in Chile, celebrates Latin American democracy while telling Chileans to not cling to the past.

March 22, 2011

The night that the Wisconsin Senate Republicans got together and forced through Scott Walker's union-busting bill, many Wisconsinites cried foul. The state’s open-meetings law required more notice unless there was a true emergency.

March 21, 2011

For the Senator from Vermont, his Friday speech against Obama's tax cut compromise was just another day on the job.

December 14, 2010

Could a combination of philanthropy and social justice advocacy help progressives overcome the influence of corporate money to achieve real change?

November 5, 2010

Support the Working Families Party—a real progressive alternative.

October 13, 2010

On a Saturday in June, workers, students and allies of UNITE HERE Local 217’s downtown Providence hotels marched in solidarity with gay rights activists in the Rhode Island Pride Parade.

October 12, 2010

StudentNation writer James Cersonsky reports from the Washington, DC, One Nation Working Together March.

October 5, 2010
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