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What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/6/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/6/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/6/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 11/6/14?

Nov 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Act Now to Save the Open Internet

Act Now to Save the Open Internet Act Now to Save the Open Internet

The FCC is reportedly considering a “hybrid” plan that could still leave us with exactly what we don’t want: fast lanes for the 1% and slow lanes for everybody el...

Nov 6, 2014 / NationAction

Last Night’s Consolation Prize: Seeing Karl Rove Earn His Nickname ‘Turd Blossom’

Last Night’s Consolation Prize: Seeing Karl Rove Earn His Nickname ‘Turd Blossom’ Last Night’s Consolation Prize: Seeing Karl Rove Earn His Nickname ‘Turd Blossom’

Karl Rove just can’t shut up about butts.

Nov 5, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Haterz Gonna Hate?

Haterz Gonna Hate? Haterz Gonna Hate?

There are limits to what the law can do to police cyberabuse.

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Insurrections of the Mind thinks insurrections ought to happen only in the mind.

Nov 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Why the Media Are Ignoring the Dangerous Ideas of Joni Ernst and Other Extremists Now on the Cusp of Power

Why the Media Are Ignoring the Dangerous Ideas of Joni Ernst and Other Extremists Now on the Cusp of Power Why the Media Are Ignoring the Dangerous Ideas of Joni Ernst and Other Extremists Now on the Cusp of Power

They’re Tea Partiers by any other name, but that narrative just isn’t in vogue this year.

Nov 3, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms

Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms Corporate Media Companies Are the Real Winners in the 2014 Midterms

Eric on this week’s concerts and Reed on how local TV stations boost their bottom lines with a deluge of election ads.

Nov 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

John Oliver: The Real Shadow Government Is in the State Legislatures, Where ALEC Calls the Shots

John Oliver: The Real Shadow Government Is in the State Legislatures, Where ALEC Calls the Shots John Oliver: The Real Shadow Government Is in the State Legislatures, Where ALEC Calls the Shots

ALEC writes the laws, the lawmakers just have to plug in the name of their state.

Nov 3, 2014 / Leslie Savan

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/30/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/30/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/30/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/30/14?

Nov 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

This Is How Fox Reacts When Democrats Talk About Racism in the South

This Is How Fox Reacts When Democrats Talk About Racism in the South This Is How Fox Reacts When Democrats Talk About Racism in the South

Heaven forbid if you say something true during an election.

Oct 31, 2014 / Leslie Savan

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