After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women
"Gender mainstreaming" at the United Nations failed. Will an agency solely dedicated to promoting women's rights in development do better?
Jul 7, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy
If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to...
Jul 6, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP & the Changing Energy Economy
If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to s...
Jul 6, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
A Coalition Builder’s Lesson for Progressives A Coalition Builder’s Lesson for Progressives
If progressives are to alter the hostile political environment that arms the lobbies and forces President Obama and centrist Democrats in Congress to shrink from bolder reforms, th...
Jul 6, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter NOW Urges Senate to Expel David Vitter
National Organization for Women says it is time for the Louisiana senator—a patron of prostitutes and employer of an abusive aide—to go.
Jul 6, 2010 / John Nichols
Stage-Managing the War on Terror Stage-Managing the War on Terror
On the home front of the war on terror, we are largely fighting ghosts and phantasms, some helpfully conjured up by the government itself.
Jul 6, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV
Speaking before the Democratic Socialists of America in Chicago, The Nation's William Greider draws parallels between the political realities of today and the challenges labor a...
Jul 6, 2010 / Press Room
Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV
Speaking before the Democratic Socialists of America in Chicago, The Nation's William Greider draws parallels between the political realities of today and the challenges labor act...
Jul 6, 2010 / CAN TV
Biden in Iraq: US Influence Shrinks, Iran Gains Biden in Iraq: US Influence Shrinks, Iran Gains
The political stalemate since Iraq's March 7 election continues, but the deck is stacked in Iran's favor.
Jul 6, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Dramatic Drop in Women’s Sports Coverage: An Interview with Mike Messner The Dramatic Drop in Women’s Sports Coverage: An Interview with Mike Messner
The USC professor of sociology and gender studies discusses his latest report on the role of gender in televised sports.
Jul 6, 2010 / Dave Zirin