The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown” The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown”
Republicans say again and again that they're defending small government and private property, but when the hot air settles the real winner is corporate America, too often at th...
Jun 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Puerto Rico Students Approve Strike Settlement Puerto Rico Students Approve Strike Settlement
Our friends at the StudentActivism blog report on the results of the first mass gathering of students from across the UPR system in the university’s history.
Jun 22, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords
Security for key US military supply routes in Afghanistan is in the hands of a small group of powerful Afghan warlords who may be paying off the Taliban, finds a Congressional repo...
Jun 21, 2010 / Aram Roston
How to Help in the Gulf How to Help in the Gulf
A guide to volunteering and to taking political action to make another spill less likely.
Jun 21, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies
In April 2010, Human Rights Watch researcher Samer Muscati traveled across Iraq to assess the human rights situation seven years after US and Coalition forces invaded the country.
Jun 21, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Goodbye Keynes, Hello Hoover Goodbye Keynes, Hello Hoover
Deficits are the cure, not the disease.
Jun 21, 2010 / William Greider
‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars ‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars
Across the US, the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence while they're inside and condones attempts t...
Jun 21, 2010 / Daniel Redman
Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting
Who’d have thought a celebrated Ivy League medical center would be practicing genital cutting on small children?
Jun 21, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
The Unexpected Winning Issue for Democrats: Healthcare The Unexpected Winning Issue for Democrats: Healthcare
New polling suggests a vote for healthcare reform will be a political positive for Democrats in competitive House and Senate races.
Jun 21, 2010 / John Nichols
Gaza: End of the Siege? Gaza: End of the Siege?
Israel's clumsy attack on a Turkish aid flotilla for Gaza has now backfired completely. Will Obama push Netanyahu harder? They meet July 6.
Jun 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss