Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money
Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.
May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer
The Last Empire? The Last Empire?
Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.
May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too
The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.
May 7, 2013 / Laura Flanders
How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers? How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?
Lobbyists are taking up top government positions—but not without receiving large bonus payments from their former firms to see them on their way.
May 6, 2013 / The Nation
Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two) Penny Pritzker’s Commerce (Part Two)
“Behind every fortune lies a crime,” said Balzac—allegedly true for the fortune inherited by Penny Pritzker. Though nowadays, as the finances of Obama's Comme...
May 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Swarthmore Students to Board of Managers: No More Business as Usual Swarthmore Students to Board of Managers: No More Business as Usual
On May 4, an open meeting between the Swarthmore Board of Managers and a coalition of student activist groups on fossil fuel divestment was transformed into an unusual general asse...
May 6, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Did RGIII Learn at the Muhammad Ali Center? What Did RGIII Learn at the Muhammad Ali Center?
When Washington’s superstar quarterback visited the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, every tweet was a chapter.
May 6, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It
Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.
May 6, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation Video
Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC
Activists are opposing the construction of a pipeline beneath New York City that will carry the controversial highly pressurized gas.
May 6, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’ With Bangladesh Toll Over 700, ‘Which Brands Accept Blood on Their Labels?’
A senior member of Congress pushes retailers and brands to make “the moral choice” to address condition that produce predictable tragedy.
May 6, 2013 / John Nichols