The 2011 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2011 Nation Student Writing Contest
We're delighted to announce the winners of The Nation's sixth annual Student Writing Contest!
Dec 2, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Hard Times at Occupy Boston Hard Times at Occupy Boston
One of the last big encampments left, Occupy Boston is strugging to square its inclusive philosophy with the realities of urban life.
Dec 2, 2011 / Sam Graham-Felsen
Remembering Martina Correia Remembering Martina Correia
Even after her brother, Troy Davis, was executed, Martina never stopped fighting the death penalty. Yesterday, she lost her fight against breast cancer.
Dec 2, 2011 / Liliana Segura
Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager Bobby Valentine’s Last Stint as Manager
There is a reason the former Mets skipper hasn't worked a Major League dugout in a decade.
Dec 2, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Mike Elk
Up Against the Wall (Street) Up Against the Wall (Street)
Alterman's guide to gift-giving and Reed on media's not-so-safety net: fact-checking.
Dec 2, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year Unemployment Dips, but That Hardly Makes Up for a Lost Year
Unemployment dropped to 8.6 percent, while the economy added 120,000 new jobs. Is this good enough news?
Dec 2, 2011 / Mike Konczal
The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign The Gingrich of Politics Past Mounts a Modern Scrooge-Marley Campaign
Suggesting that poor kids are only good at crime, GOP front-runner renews campaign to end child labor laws and make low-income children “clean the bathrooms.”
Dec 2, 2011 / John Nichols
Syracuse Rallies Against Campus Violence Syracuse Rallies Against Campus Violence
Local organizers are hoping that the November 30 rally is only a starting point for SU students to open up an important dialogue about issues of police brutality and civil rights...
Dec 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reads ‘The First and the Last of Everything’ Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reads ‘The First and the Last of Everything’
Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads, The First and the Last of Everything. Click here to read the full poem. Recorded Monday, November 7, 2011 at the Fugazi club in San Francisco, California, by Jim McKee, Earwax Productions.
Dec 1, 2011 / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Dec 1, 2011 / The Nation