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Stop the FCC’s Gift to Big Media Conglomerates Stop the FCC’s Gift to Big Media Conglomerates

"This is a big deal because we have way too much concentration of media ownership in the United States," Senator Byron Dorgan (ND, Dem.) said at a hearing on Wednesday. &...

Oct 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Migration to Education Migration to Education

A Department of Education program provides the chance for children of migrant workers to attend college--and succeed.

Oct 18, 2007 / The Nation

Summer Internship in Iraq Summer Internship in Iraq

A Princeton sophomore talks about being a cadet and student journalist in a war zone.

Oct 18, 2007 / The Nation

Closing Prison’s Revolving Door Closing Prison’s Revolving Door

The Second Chance Act is gaining enough bipartisan support to really get a second chance.

Oct 18, 2007 / The Nation

Bridge Collapse Leaves Holes in Policy, Too Bridge Collapse Leaves Holes in Policy, Too

The Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse claimed thirteen lives, but the problem is bigger than just rebuilding.

Oct 18, 2007 / The Nation

Trade Talks Trade Talks

Over the past ten years, student activists across the country have won impressive victories against some of America's biggest corporations, using fair trade on campus as a strategy...

Oct 17, 2007 / The Nation

Turn the Beat Around: Youth, Art and Activism at 924 Gilman Turn the Beat Around: Youth, Art and Activism at 924 Gilman

Wiretap and All-Ages Movement Project kick off a ten-part series highlighting some of the most innovative DIY youth music and arts organizations.

Oct 17, 2007 / The Nation

Privatizing a Cut of the Public Sector Privatizing a Cut of the Public Sector

The privatization of the federal government during the Bush administration has snowballed to the point that the work of private contractors is evaluated by other private contracto...

Oct 17, 2007 / The Nation

An Epitaph for the Bush Era An Epitaph for the Bush Era

"I made my arguments and went down in flames. History will prove me right." Yes, that was George W. Bush. No, he wasn't talking about Iraq. The date was September 1993...

Oct 17, 2007 / TomDispatch

Letters Letters

Our readers weigh in on Marvin Kitman's paean to Keith Olbermann and continue to react to "The Other War," by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.

Oct 17, 2007 / Our Readers

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