BP Oil Spill on the Curriculum BP Oil Spill on the Curriculum
New course at the University of MN will address the gulf crisis.
Jun 29, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
BP’s History of Meddling in the Persian Gulf BP’s History of Meddling in the Persian Gulf
How the oil company helped destroy democracy in Iran.
Jun 29, 2010 / Stephen Kinzer
Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment
Guest-hosting The Ed Show, Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes examines the GOP's farcical cross-examination of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Jun 29, 2010 / The Ed Show
Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age
Since the detonation of the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, The Nation has been appropriately fearful of the singular devas…
Jun 29, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Ex-WashPo Blogger Wrong About Why He Was Wrong Ex-WashPo Blogger Wrong About Why He Was Wrong
After leaving the Washington Post on Friday and joining MSNBC Monday, former Post blogger Dave Weigel oddly repeats his critics' line that his mistakes were about objectivity. But ...
Jun 29, 2010 / Ari Melber
Time to Retire Chief Justice Roberts’s Umpire Analogy Time to Retire Chief Justice Roberts’s Umpire Analogy
As Supreme Court Justice nominee Elena Kagan prepares for her confirmation hearings this week, it's an appropriate time to revisit—and retire—the famous "justice a...
Jun 29, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Horrors! Kagan is Revealed as Nominee Who Respects Champions of Civil Rights, Underdogs Horrors! Kagan is Revealed as Nominee Who Respects Champions of Civil Rights, Underdogs
When Republican senators try to block a Supreme Court nominee by attacking Thurgood Marshall and the powerless, it's a pretty good bet that she'll be confirmed.
Jun 28, 2010 / John Nichols
Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof? Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center on Economic Policy Research, says that though Obama's financial reforms may ultimately result in greater transparency in the way banks and...
Jun 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof? Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center on Economic Policy Research, says that though Obama's financial reforms may ultimately result in greater transparency in the way banks and ...
Jun 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd
Senator Robert C. Byrd, who passed away Monday, June 28 at the age of 92, turned away from the unholiest of beginnings to a very long career as one of Congress’s greatest Con…
Jun 28, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation