Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
On Responses to "I'm Not in Love..." and the Murdoch/Fox phenomenon.
Aug 20, 2010 / Eric Alterman
This Week at TheNation.com: A Weekend Movie Primer; Plus: How to Help in Pakistan. This Week at TheNation.com: A Weekend Movie Primer; Plus: How to Help in Pakistan.
"The Tillman Story" opens this weekend, and as Greg Mitchell writes in his Media Fix blog, the reviews are in. Mitchell has written extensively about the Tillman case and the film; he previewed the movie and ran the trailer in this post at the height of the McChrystal controversy. If you head out to the theater this weekend to see the film, give his commentary a read first. (And while you're prepping for a weekend at the movies, you can read Stuart Klawans latest here. Klawans reviews Christopher Nolan's Inception; Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime; Samuel Maoz's Lebanon.) Also this week... A Nod from Dennis Kucinich on "Extra-Judicial" Killings It is important to see that someone in Washington is treating "extrajudicial assassinations" seriously. Rep. Kucinich, with six co-sponsors, has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would prohibit "the extrajudicial killing of United States Citizens" and end this horrific breach of civil liberties. We were honored to see that Kucinich cites Jeremy Scahill's reporting from November (The Secret U.S. War in Pakistan) as part of the rationale for the legislation. Scahill's reporting is linked from H.R. 6010, which you can read here. Video: The Public Housing Crisis Nation contributor Kai Wright was on this week's The Nation on GRIT TV, discussing the recent desperation over public housing vouchers in Atlanta - and the housing crisis around the country. Wright was joined by housing organizer Tony Romano. There are few needs more basic than shelter; in his reporting for The Nation and Colorlines, Wright has written at length about the struggles of black families trying to hold own to their homes, or even their rentals. This segment is an outstanding primer to the crisis in public housing our country faces today. Watch here. Video: Is This The Era of "Bad Sports?" Our Sports writer Dave Zirin was on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday exposing some real socialism in our midst: America is socializing the debt of sports, while privatizing the profits. “If public money goes into a team, I think the public should, at the very least, afford tickets, but at the very most have a piece of the team as well," he says. Check out the whole segment here. Act Now: How to Help in Pakistan The crisis in Pakistan hasn't received the attention of other recent disasters, but the situation is more than just a humanitarian crisis - it imperils whatever fragile stability is holding this volatile region together. In this Act Now post, Peter Rothberg runs through the ways you can help Pakistan, where 20% of the country is under water, and twenty million people are homeless. Find out more here. - - - - - - Thanks for reading. As always you can keep up by following The Nation on Facebook here, or follow me on Twitter—I'm@KatrinaNation.
Aug 20, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?
Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...
Aug 20, 2010 / Chris Hayes
New Feature Puts the Stalking in Facebook-Stalking (Video) New Feature Puts the Stalking in Facebook-Stalking (Video)
Facebook knows where you are, and it's going to start telling everyone else.
Aug 20, 2010 / Ari Melber
Commentary: Robin Templeton on ‘Anchor Baby’ Baiting Commentary: Robin Templeton on ‘Anchor Baby’ Baiting
Any semblance of serious deliberation on immigration in Washington has degenerated into a racially charged assault on the children of undocumented immigrants.
Aug 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access
Thirty thousand people showed up outside of Atlanta in search of Section 8 housing vouchers last week; 62 vouchers were available. It's a powerful reminder that the recession is ...
Aug 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit
It's not about the $6 hot dogs, the $9 beers or the tickets you have to get a loan for. It's about insane amount of tax dollars and corporate welfare that goes into American spor...
Aug 19, 2010 / Press Room
Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit
It's not about the $6 hot dogs, the $9 beers or the tickets you have to get a loan for. It's about insane amount of tax dollars and corporate welfare that goes into American sports...
Aug 19, 2010 / Press Room
The Secret Killers The Secret Killers
Assassination in Afghanistan and Task Force 373.
Aug 19, 2010 / Pratap Chatterjee
The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid The Lesson of Mosque-Mania: It’s Our Values, Stupid
The Democrats' timid rejoinder to the GOP's summer of demagoguery reveals how afraid they are of debating our defining values.
Aug 19, 2010 / Kai Wright