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Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World

Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World Nous Sommes Tous Charlie: Defend Freedom of Expression in France and Around the World

We cannot have democracy without a free press, and the robust debate it fosters.

Jan 8, 2015 / John Nichols

And Liberally So And Liberally So

The wordplay is the definition… literally!

Jan 8, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Lessons From ‘Selma’: It Takes a Movement

Lessons From ‘Selma’: It Takes a Movement Lessons From ‘Selma’: It Takes a Movement

Pushing this country forward takes more than a sympathetic president.

Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’?

What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’? What’s the Real Reason Al Qaeda Attacked ‘Charlie Hebdo’?

The attack in Paris was all about polarizing the French and European public. 

Jan 8, 2015 / Juan Cole

What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History

What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History

It took MLK’s activism and LBJ’s leadership to pass the Voting Rights Act.

Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Big Energy Says the Future Is Bright and Full of SUVs for Everyone

Big Energy Says the Future Is Bright and Full of SUVs for Everyone Big Energy Says the Future Is Bright and Full of SUVs for Everyone

Carbon companies have a new strategy: focus on the positive.

Jan 8, 2015 / Michael T. Klare

January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born

January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born

The Nation has had many Nobel Prize winners contribute to our pages over the years. But we have had only one staff member who went on to win the Prize.

Jan 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama

Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama Fox Captures the Culprit for the Paris Attacks: Bill de Blasio, With an Assist From Obama

Not even the conservative media could connect the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris to #BlackLivesMatter protests in New York City… could they?

Jan 7, 2015 / Leslie Savan

How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong

How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong

In his appearance on The John Batchelor Show, Stephen Cohen exposes an “astonishing piece of media malpractice” by The New York Times.

Jan 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime

Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime

Support Jeffrey Sterling and help resist the Obama administration’s attacks on whistleblowers.

Jan 7, 2015 / NationAction

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