What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?
This week: Colombian military scandals, academics on strike and da Vinci the robot.
Feb 20, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why Men in Sheepskin Hats Are Whipping Pussy Riot in Sochi Why Men in Sheepskin Hats Are Whipping Pussy Riot in Sochi
Even before the whipping, the professionalism of the Cossack hosts springing up around Russia was unclear.
Feb 20, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman
Witnesses say Yvette Smith was unarmed when a police officer shot and killed her on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Charles Grodin: How to Offend Corporations by Just Doing Your Job Charles Grodin: How to Offend Corporations by Just Doing Your Job
What happens when the media depends on corporations to survive?
Feb 20, 2014 / The Nation
The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them The Maker of Ohio’s Lethal Injection Drugs Wants Ohio to Stop Killing People With Them
Ohio's official lethal injection cocktail came under fire after a grisly execution in January.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
What Edward Snowden Leaked Was Nothing Compared to What He Didn’t What Edward Snowden Leaked Was Nothing Compared to What He Didn’t
The revelations of whistleblowers lead us to believe that we know a great deal about the secret world of Washington. This is an illusion.
Feb 20, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
New York Just Became the Largest State to Ban Solitary Confinement for Inmates Under 18 New York Just Became the Largest State to Ban Solitary Confinement for Inmates Under 18
The agreement also includes a ban on the use of solitary confinement to discipline pregnant inmates.
Feb 19, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Stephen Cohen: In Kiev, We Can’t Ignore the Fascist Minority Stephen Cohen: In Kiev, We Can’t Ignore the Fascist Minority
This week, Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen appeared on the John Batchelor Show and The O'Reilly Factor to discuss the geopolitical stakes of the unrest ...
Feb 19, 2014 / Press Room
What’s Wrong With the Comcast/Time Warner Merger What’s Wrong With the Comcast/Time Warner Merger
If it’s not blocked, a single corporation will be able to dictate digital communications and media content for decades to come.
Feb 19, 2014 / The Editors
Why Woody Allen Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt Why Woody Allen Deserves the Benefit of the Doubt
A society hot for punishment is quick to play judge and jury. But there’s nothing feminist or radical about pretending to know the truth.
Feb 19, 2014 / JoAnn Wypijewski