What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/20/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 11/20/14?
What are interns reading for the week of 11/20/14?
Nov 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
What Does it Take for One Small City to Vanquish an Oil Giant? What Does it Take for One Small City to Vanquish an Oil Giant?
Progressives in Richmond, California, trounced Chevron on Election Day, but the company remains a powerful local force.
Nov 21, 2014 / Harriet Blair Rowan and Jimmy Tobias
Why Are Some Colleges Still Blaming the Victims in Sexual Assault Cases? Why Are Some Colleges Still Blaming the Victims in Sexual Assault Cases?
Melissa Harris-Perry explains just how serious this attitude toward sexual violence really is.
Nov 20, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Déjà Vu in Jerusalem? Déjà Vu in Jerusalem?
In the latest round of violence, the Israeli government has been rebuked by its own security chief.
Nov 20, 2014 / Neve Gordon
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
Nov 20, 2014 / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus
GOP Senator Says Obama’s Immigration Speech Could Trigger Some Kind of White Ferguson GOP Senator Says Obama’s Immigration Speech Could Trigger Some Kind of White Ferguson
Retiring Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn says Obama taking action on immigration could end in “violence” and “anarchy.”
Nov 20, 2014 / Leslie Savan
When Networks Snub a Presidential Address, Democracy Is ‘The Biggest Loser’ When Networks Snub a Presidential Address, Democracy Is ‘The Biggest Loser’
It is absurd that broadcast networks choose entertainment over Obama’s immigration speech.
Nov 20, 2014 / John Nichols
Before Senator Mark Udall Leaves Office, He Can Make History Before Senator Mark Udall Leaves Office, He Can Make History
Transparency and civil liberties advocates are calling on outgoing Senator Mark Udall to use his privileges as a senator to release the contents of the CIA “torture report&rd...
Nov 20, 2014 / NationAction
What Wouldn’t Roger Goodell Do to Save His Image? What Wouldn’t Roger Goodell Do to Save His Image?
Is Roger Goodell exploiting an instance of child abuse to save his personal and professional brand?
Nov 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Hope and Fear Precede Obama’s Immigration Announcement Hope and Fear Precede Obama’s Immigration Announcement
Knowing that many will be left out, parents and children nervously await the executive orders the president will reveal Thursday evening.
Nov 20, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter