Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’ Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’
An opinion piece in Nature calling for geoengineering tests fails to mention the most significant problem with these experiments.
Feb 6, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Bratton’s Police State on Steroids Bratton’s Police State on Steroids
The formation of the NYPD’s new Strategic Response Unit raises disturbing questions about police brutality.
Feb 6, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Serena Williams, Indian Wells and Rewriting the Future Serena Williams, Indian Wells and Rewriting the Future
After a fourteen-year absence, Serena Williams is returning to a tournament where she faced racist abuse. She will not be alone.
Feb 6, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters
Don’t fall for Bibi’s bid to repackage himself as a kindly mensch.
Feb 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?
Feb 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born
A brief history of the “third-rate student at a fifth-rate college.”
Feb 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
10 Ways to Help Keep Fish Healthy and Water Clean 10 Ways to Help Keep Fish Healthy and Water Clean
“We all live upstream”—and we can all fight storm-water runoff.
Feb 5, 2015 / NationAction
The Sham Lawsuit That Could Eviscerate Obamacare The Sham Lawsuit That Could Eviscerate Obamacare
The lack of structural integrity in the case before the Supreme Court, along with its bleak implications, has become even more obvious in the past week.
Feb 5, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
New Trade Data Come at the Worst Possible Time for Obama New Trade Data Come at the Worst Possible Time for Obama
As the TPP debate enters endgame, data shows promises about past trade deals were empty.
Feb 5, 2015 / George Zornick
Keeping Up Appearances Keeping Up Appearances
When good clues just feel wrong
Feb 5, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto