What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?
This week: Colombian military scandals, academics on strike and da Vinci the robot.
Feb 20, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger
The merger would be bad for consumers, bad for our free press and bad for democracy.
Feb 20, 2014 / NationAction
Why Men in Sheepskin Hats Are Whipping Pussy Riot in Sochi Why Men in Sheepskin Hats Are Whipping Pussy Riot in Sochi
Even before the whipping, the professionalism of the Cossack hosts springing up around Russia was unclear.
Feb 20, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman
Witnesses say Yvette Smith was unarmed when a police officer shot and killed her on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Charles Grodin: How to Offend Corporations by Just Doing Your Job Charles Grodin: How to Offend Corporations by Just Doing Your Job
What happens when the media depends on corporations to survive?
Feb 20, 2014 / The Nation
Stephen Cohen: The Ukraine Crisis Could Trigger ‘a New Cold War Divide’ Stephen Cohen: The Ukraine Crisis Could Trigger ‘a New Cold War Divide’
Appearing on Democracy Now!, Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen expounds on the implications of the West’s involvement in Ukraine.
Feb 20, 2014 / Press Room
Hobgoblins Hobgoblins
The competing demands of consistency
Feb 20, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them
Ohio's official lethal injection cocktail came under fire after a grisly execution in January.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Obama Drops Social Security Cuts From His Budget Obama Drops Social Security Cuts From His Budget
The move to protect Social Security is a huge victory for liberals inside and outside of Congress.
Feb 20, 2014 / George Zornick
What Edward Snowden Leaked Was Nothing Compared to What He Didn’t What Edward Snowden Leaked Was Nothing Compared to What He Didn’t
The revelations of whistleblowers lead us to believe that we know a great deal about the secret world of Washington. This is an illusion.
Feb 20, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt