GOP’s ‘Pledge to America’ Would End Up Privatizing Social Security GOP’s ‘Pledge to America’ Would End Up Privatizing Social Security
Either the House Republicans' "Pledge to America" is an outline for massive new debts and deficits or it is a roadmap to the privatization of Social Secuity, Medicare and...
Sep 24, 2010 / John Nichols
Afghanistan: It’s Time for a Ceasefire, and Negotiations Afghanistan: It’s Time for a Ceasefire, and Negotiations
Gilles Dorronsoro, an iconoclastic visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, says Pakistan can deliver the Taliban to the bargaining table. It's time to try it.
Sep 24, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
For Jobs, Justice and Education For Jobs, Justice and Education
For nearly two years, the loudest and most insistent voices in American politics have been on the extreme right. At the One Nation, Working Together march, this is going to ch...
Sep 24, 2010 / Benjamin Todd Jealous and Deepak Bhargava
After Disappointment in Senate, DREAM Activists Regroup After Disappointment in Senate, DREAM Activists Regroup
Even though the DREAM Act didn't make it through the senate ths week, DREAM activists came out of the experience with some gains, and they're regrouping to push immigrati...
Sep 24, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
A tale of two attacked cities, or the differences between New York and Oklahoma City.
Sep 24, 2010 / Eric Alterman
A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo
Naidoo talks about disappointments at Copenhagen, coalition-building among progressive organizations and the uncomfortable truth about consumption and quality of life.
Sep 24, 2010 / The Nation and Kumi Naidoo
Commentary: Anne Elizabeth Moore on Cambodia’s Striking Garment Workers Commentary: Anne Elizabeth Moore on Cambodia’s Striking Garment Workers
Anne Elizabeth Moore argues that if the international business community can’t support the workers in Cambodia’s garment sector, maybe young women around the world ca...
Sep 24, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
The Breakdown: Does the DREAM Act Have a Future? The Breakdown: Does the DREAM Act Have a Future?
In the face of massive GOP opposition, what are some possible ways forward for politicians, voters and activists working for humane immigration reform?
Sep 24, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Checking Corporate Power in Washington and Wall Street Checking Corporate Power in Washington and Wall Street
Yesterday brought a mixed bag of news for reformers on Capitol Hill.
Sep 24, 2010 / Ari Berman
The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi are on the verge of a historically unprecedented complete and utter implosion.
Sep 24, 2010 / Dave Zirin