The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong
Twenty years after Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the sexual harassment she’d experienced working for Clarence Thomas, the facts of the hear...
Oct 16, 2011 / Emily Douglas
Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change
From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 will be remembered as a year of youthful mass movements and popular revolts—none of which could have occurred without the surreptit...
Oct 15, 2011 / The Nation
After Zuccotti Park: Seven Privately Owned Public Spaces to Occupy Next After Zuccotti Park: Seven Privately Owned Public Spaces to Occupy Next
If Zuccotti Park falls, where will the Occupy Wall Street movement move next?
Oct 14, 2011 / Francis Reynolds
The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street
Conservative pundits are misrepresenting everything about the Occupy Wall Street, from their views to their legal right to be in Zuccotti Park.
Oct 14, 2011 / Ben Adler
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out most everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nationinterns try to cut through the echo chambe...
Oct 14, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Time (Money, and the Media) Is on Wall Street’s Side, Yes It Is Time (Money, and the Media) Is on Wall Street’s Side, Yes It Is
Eric on story collections and film fest picks and Reed on Wall Street's media advantage.
Oct 13, 2011 / Eric Alterman
The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun
Governments are ramping up investment in cyberweaponry as well as cybersecurity, opening a dark new frontier.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Misha Glenny
Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street
The battle for the Internet has politicized prankster cybercollectives like Anonymous--and now authorities are cracking down.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Laurie Penny
The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws
In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama Mr. Friedman, Meet Mr. Obama
The New York Times columnist faults President Obama for failing to do… exactly what he did.
Oct 12, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman