The NRA Won’t Call the Shots on Kagan Confirmation The NRA Won’t Call the Shots on Kagan Confirmation
The National Rifle Association is trying to block Elena Kagan's nomination. But it is failing, badly.
Aug 5, 2010 / John Nichols
Tell Target to Stop Supporting Anti-LGBT Bigotry Tell Target to Stop Supporting Anti-LGBT Bigotry
Best Buy and Target are helping fund an antigay political action committee.
Aug 4, 2010 / Sara Haji
Food Stamps or Teachers? Food Stamps or Teachers?
The fight over Congress's jobs bill has made the GOP's midterm election strategy clear: stubbornly oppose anything and everything that might improve the economy and hope voters b...
Aug 4, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8 California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8
California's infamous anti-gay Prop 8 has been overturned! In this recent related slideshow, The Nation looks at the status of major gay rights issues including marriage, and the o...
Aug 4, 2010 / The Nation
Kashmir on Fire Again as Indian Troops Shoot to Kill Kashmir on Fire Again as Indian Troops Shoot to Kill
An eruption of deadly violence in the picturesque countryside and towns of Kashmir is a reminder that many Kashmiris still do not consider themselves part of India, and profess t...
Aug 4, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities
One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.
Aug 4, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake White House to Obama Activists: Let Them Eat (Birthday) Cake
Ask what you can do for your president's birthday.
Aug 4, 2010 / Ari Melber
We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More
Three steps to establish a politics of global warming.
Aug 4, 2010 / Bill McKibben
Married to the Clinton Mob Married to the Clinton Mob
While Obama is scorned for relying too heavily on Clintonista alums for policy direction, the whitewashing of the Clinton legacy is on in earnest.
Aug 4, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The ADL and the ‘Mosque at Ground Zero’: Is This the End of the Anti-Defamation League? The ADL and the ‘Mosque at Ground Zero’: Is This the End of the Anti-Defamation League?
New York OK's the mosque, but the ADL's reputation suffers what ought to be a fatal blow.
Aug 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss