Brave Nation Activist Award Winner
Brave Nation : Activism & Organizing
Cristina Lara is a feminist, a football player, a writer and a straight-A student. Watch her receive the first Brave Nation Activist award.
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Naomi Klein on the Exploitation of Shock
The Tavis Smiley Show : Political Analysis
Nation contributer Naomi Klein discusses her book, The Shock Doctrine, and how moments of crisis are seen as moments to act.
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This Brave Nation: A Defining Moment
Brave Nation
Legendary activist Tom Hayden talks with Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine, about the state of the fourth branch of government.
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Carlin Uncensored
YouTube : Arts, Culture, & Entertainment
Comedian George Carlin is dead at 71. The Nation pays tribute to "America's most consistently savage social commentator."
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This Brave Nation: Peace Takes Courage
Brave Nation : Activism & Organizing
Antiwar activist Ava Lowery and the ACLU's Anthony Romero discuss the legal quagmire into which the country has sunk since 9/11.
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This Brave Nation: Environmental Visionaries
Brave Nation : Public Figures & Intellectuals
Carl Pope and Van Jones discuss the issues and movements that have informed and inspired their lives and work.
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This Brave Nation: Coming Soon
Brave Nation
Take a sneak peek at the new documentary series from the Brave New Foundation and The Nation.
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The Choice
Christopher Hayes & VideoNation : US Politics & Government
On the eve of Super Tuesday, The Nation's DC editor explains why he thinks Barack Obama is the better choice to build a real progressive majority.
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South Carolina, What Could Have Been?
Stephen Colbert : Campaigns & Elections
Inspired by The Nation's intrepid reporting, Stephen Colbert asks what would have been if he'd stayed on the South Carolina ballot.
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Is Bill Out of Control?
VideoNation
Katrina vanden Heuvel debates the role of former President Clinton and the primary results from Nevada on Sunday's This Week with George Stephanopoulos roundtable.
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Chalmers Johnson: America's Going Bankrupt
Chalmers Johnson : US Politics & Government
From Tom Dispatch: The current economic crisis is caused by policies that tax the richest Americans at strikingly low levels and spend huge sums on defense projects that have no bearing on national security.
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Small Magazines, Big Ideas
Bill Moyers : Journalists & Journalism
An impending rate hike could silence small independent magazines of all political stripes that make a key contribution to the conversation of democracy.
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A Peaceful Mother's Day
Mother's Day was originally conceived to recognize the power of women to be instruments of peace.
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Pakistan: The Intersection
Sam Graham-Felsen, James Jacoby & Ali Sethi : Pakistan
VideoNation travels to Pakistan to assess the nation's future through the eyes of students at the progressive National College of Arts and the extremist-dominated Punjab University.
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CPAC: The Unauthorized Documentary
Max Blumenthal : Conservatives & The American Right
VideoNation's report from this year's Conservative Political Action Committee meeting in Washington reveals the ugly side of right-wing politics.
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GOP 'Catch the Immigrant' Game Catches Flak
Sam Graham-Felsen : Republican Party
College Republicans staged a tasteless game at NYU and hundreds of students showed up to oppose them.
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What Really Matters
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Campaigns & Elections
Candidates and the media should focus on the real issues facing this country: ending the war and bringing our troops home.
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Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Rory Kennedy's new documentary examines the plight of torture victims in Iraq and stirs political passions at home.
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War Drums on Iran
To rein in the President's efforts to provoke a confrontation with Iran, Congress can start by nullifying his authority to wage war.
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Bush Isn't Listening
Katrina vanden Heuvel : George W. Bush
By ignoring his advisors and the will of the people, Bush is recklessly using American lives to salvage a delusional policy.
This week: A look at the advocacy group MoveOn.org at 10. Plus: Controversy in Africa over the indictment of the Sudanese President; Amy Alexander and Chris Rabb on the challenges facing minority journalists in their transition to the web; and The Nation's new sex column. (13mb mp3)
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