Nation Conversations: Calvin Trillin on Calvin Trillin Nation Conversations: Calvin Trillin on Calvin Trillin
"Deadline Poet" Calvin Trillin reflects on the writing life and his favorite low-paying pinko rag.
Nov 16, 2010 / The Nation
Young Voter Turnout Fell 60% from 2008 to 2010; Dems Won’t Win in 2012 If the Trend Continues Young Voter Turnout Fell 60% from 2008 to 2010; Dems Won’t Win in 2012 If the Trend Continues
Turnout among young voters collapsed from 2008 to 2010. Democrats need to read the figures, stop whining and start getting serious about the youth vote.
Nov 16, 2010 / John Nichols
Briefing: Dean Baker on Boosting the Economy by Saving Healthcare Briefing: Dean Baker on Boosting the Economy by Saving Healthcare
According to Baker, the report released by Obama's deficit commission is "the wrong answer to not a problem."
Nov 15, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Sarah Palin’s America Sarah Palin’s America
She's no nature lover—she just plays one on TV.
Nov 15, 2010 / Betsy Reed
Bernie Sanders’s Progressive Plan to Balance Budgets, Defeat Deficits and Avert Austerity Bernie Sanders’s Progressive Plan to Balance Budgets, Defeat Deficits and Avert Austerity
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is ready to fight for a progressive alternative to proposals to slash Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Nov 15, 2010 / John Nichols
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar: The US and NATO Are Being Defeated in Afghanistan Taliban Leader Mullah Omar: The US and NATO Are Being Defeated in Afghanistan
In an address marking the start of the Muslim holiday, Aid-al-Adha, the reclusive Taliban leader declares, "The enemy is retreating and facing siege in all parts of the ...
Nov 15, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Not an ‘Option’ But a Necessity: Investigate, Document and Censure Bush’s Wrongdoing Not an ‘Option’ But a Necessity: Investigate, Document and Censure Bush’s Wrongdoing
The ACLU and the Alliance for Justice are right: the Justice Department must respond to the former president's admitted violations of laws banning torture. But it should not s...
Nov 15, 2010 / John Nichols
Solidarity in New Haven Solidarity in New Haven
The recent campus mobilization at Yale is only the latest student effort to organize around and impact the safety of local residents.
Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work
Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.
Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu
North Korea’s Citizen Journalism North Korea’s Citizen Journalism
Rimjin-gang, the first magazine about North Korea written by North Koreans, aims to deepen Westerners' knowledge of the country with a new English-language anthology.
Nov 15, 2010 / Joanna Chiu