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Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.  This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...

Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace

It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...

Jun 14, 2010 / John Nichols

Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising

Yes, Blanche Lincoln won her primary. But consider this: a lieutenant governor supported by unions, environmental groups and the netroots came within a few points of defeating...

Jun 14, 2010 / Karen Nussbaum

The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril? The Obama Presidency: Possibility or Peril?

A progressive moment was supposed to follow Obama's election. Robert Kuttner's A Presidency in Peril asks where it went.

Jun 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

How Archaic Is US Education? How Archaic Is US Education?

On Florida public radio, Nation authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Philissa Cramer discuss the ways the US can equalize its education resources and teacher training.

Jun 14, 2010 / Press Room

Pax Ottomanica? Pax Ottomanica?

How Turkey is chasing China to become the next big thing.

Jun 14, 2010 / John Feffer

Whose Side Is Bubba On? Whose Side Is Bubba On?

Did Bill Clinton's vigorous campaigning for Blanche Lincoln undermine his stance on climate change?

Jun 14, 2010 / Ari Berman

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

Obama's media strategy is catching up with him.

Jun 14, 2010 / Ari Melber

Glenn Beck’s Blues: Why the Far Right Hates the World Cup Glenn Beck’s Blues: Why the Far Right Hates the World Cup

As sure as the ultimate soccer spectacle brings guaranteed adrenaline and agony to fans across the United States, it also drives the right-wing noise machine utterly insane.

Jun 14, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Shill, Baby, Shill

Shill, Baby, Shill Shill, Baby, Shill

How BP’s disarmingly charming ten-year-long ad campaign helped get us into this mess.

Jun 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan

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