From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill
Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.
Feb 23, 2012 / George Zornick
The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future
The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.
Feb 23, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’
Why is the Republican party resorting to hypocritical attempts to dictate American values?
Feb 23, 2012 / Press Room
The GOP’s Long War Against Women and Sex The GOP’s Long War Against Women and Sex
Why are we still surprised by Foster Friess, Darrell Issa and Rick Santorum's misogyny?
Feb 22, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Rethinking the War on Drugs Rethinking the War on Drugs
Is the war on drugs worth it?
Feb 21, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks
As Occupy heads into the spring, the movement’s initial honeymoon phase is coming to a close.
Feb 21, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
The Conservative War on Women’s Sexuality The Conservative War on Women’s Sexuality
Recent commentary demonstrates why Rick Santorum’s backward sexual politics are so appealing to Republicans.
Feb 21, 2012 / Ben Adler
Jeremy Lin and ESPN’s ‘Accidental’ Racism Jeremy Lin and ESPN’s ‘Accidental’ Racism
The sports world has no anti-racist mental apparatus for how to talk about an Asian-American player.
Feb 19, 2012 / Dave Zirin
This Week: Fighting Back in GOP’s War on Women. PLUS: ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’ Debuts This Week: Fighting Back in GOP’s War on Women. PLUS: ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’ Debuts
This week, I explain how to fight back in the GOP's War on Women. Columnist Melissa Harris-Perry’s show debuts on MSNBC; We welcome guest-blogger Dr. Victoria DeFrancesc...
Feb 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel