Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag
According to Cohen, half of Russia looks back to Joseph Stalin as a great leader and the other half as a genocidal murderer. In his new book, he examines the ongoing struggle to ...
Oct 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation on Grit TV
Commentary: Betsy Reed on Lou Dobbs’s Immigration Contradictions Commentary: Betsy Reed on Lou Dobbs’s Immigration Contradictions
All the attention given to Dobbs's hypocrisy risks obscuring the deeper lesson to learn from this case: that undocumented workers are so thoroughly woven into the fabric of our e...
Oct 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Ari Melber Analyzes Obama’s Lost Message on CNN’s Parker/Spitzer Ari Melber Analyzes Obama’s Lost Message on CNN’s Parker/Spitzer
What happened to "hope" and "change"? Melber says Obama's campaign promises may not be dead yet.
Oct 19, 2010 / CNN
Learning From Lou Dobbs’s Hypocrisy Learning From Lou Dobbs’s Hypocrisy
Fighting for the labor rights of undocumented workers will improve the working conditions for all Americans, argues Isabel Macdonald in the Guardian.
Oct 19, 2010 / Press Room
Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room Leave ‘Em in the Locker Room
Professional athletes make lousy public officials.
Oct 19, 2010 / Robert Lipsyte
The “Privilege” of Being a Student at a Corporate University The “Privilege” of Being a Student at a Corporate University
Debates about bonuses, endowments, and financial aid is not one of numbers and budgets—but of values.
Oct 19, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
What’s Become of Obama’s Grassroots Political Movement? What’s Become of Obama’s Grassroots Political Movement?
A top former Obama adviser explains how the president moved from a transformational leader to a transactional one.
Oct 19, 2010 / Ari Berman
Islam on Trial Islam on Trial
The opportunity for Muslims and non-Muslims to function in a peaceful, democratic co-existence is not a far-fetched dream.
Oct 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
In the NFL, the Violence Comes to a Head In the NFL, the Violence Comes to a Head
As players fall to concussions at an alarming rate, the question has to be asked: when will fans say enough?
Oct 19, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Obama Is Wrong, the Republicans Are Right (Updated) Obama Is Wrong, the Republicans Are Right (Updated)
The Obama administration appeals an injunction blocking "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Gay and lesbian Republicans object. The Republicans—at least these Republicans...
Oct 18, 2010 / John Nichols