What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014?
This week: Wildfires, deadly misogyny and the world cup's dark side.
May 30, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Renewable Energy Foes Poised to Return Ohio to ‘the Dark Ages’ Renewable Energy Foes Poised to Return Ohio to ‘the Dark Ages’
A bill to block renewable energy standards is the product of an aggressive campaign by conservative groups to undermine laws that encourage the development of clean energy.
May 29, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Guns: The Four-Letter Word of US Public Health Policy Guns: The Four-Letter Word of US Public Health Policy
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on gun violence.
May 29, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
What the ‘Wall Street Journal’ and the MEK Get Very Wrong About Iran’s Nuclear Program What the ‘Wall Street Journal’ and the MEK Get Very Wrong About Iran’s Nuclear Program
Did a report from a “problematic” source land in the opinion pages because it failed to pass muster with newsroom editors?
May 29, 2014 / Eli Clifton
Big Carbon’s Big Liability Big Carbon’s Big Liability
Environmental groups have warned directors of fossil fuel companies that they may be held personally liable for misleading the public about climate change.
May 29, 2014 / Dan Zegart
How We Lost the Internet to Big Brother How We Lost the Internet to Big Brother
In case you hadn’t noticed, the nets of corporate and government phishing are in the water, already being drawn up around you.
May 29, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
There Are No More Honest Conservatives, So Stop Looking For One There Are No More Honest Conservatives, So Stop Looking For One
The mainstream and liberal press’s quixotic search for a ‘good’ conservative merely reinforces the soft bigotry of low expectations.
May 29, 2014 / Rick Perlstein
Computer Programs Are People, Too Computer Programs Are People, Too
How treating smart programs as legal persons could change privacy as we know it.
May 29, 2014 / Samir Chopra
Chris Christie Preaches a Foreign Policy of American Exceptionalism Chris Christie Preaches a Foreign Policy of American Exceptionalism
Not quite a neoconservative, Christie is still sounding a lot like, well, Hillary Clinton when it comes to world affairs.
May 29, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Whom Does Petro Poroshenko Represent? Whom Does Petro Poroshenko Represent?
Dr. Stephen Cohen appears on The John Batchelor Show to discuss the election results in Ukraine.
May 29, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen