Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/4) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/4)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Nov 3, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Incredible Shrinking Woman in Post-9/11 Hell The Incredible Shrinking Woman in Post-9/11 Hell
How one citizen got placd on a no-pay list in America's new security-happy landscape.
Nov 3, 2011 / Ann Jones
What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests
The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.
Nov 2, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Great Green Wall for Africa? A Great Green Wall for Africa?
If a metaphorical wall of trees gets built as grassroots activists envision, it could help save the continent from hunger, poverty and climate change.
Nov 2, 2011 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Is the Eurozone on the Brink of Collapse? Is the Eurozone on the Brink of Collapse?
The crisis was caused by weak governance, excessive speculation and lax regulation. Austerity will only make the disease worse.
Nov 2, 2011 / Sherle R. Schwenninger
Greece Spins Out of Control Greece Spins Out of Control
Returning to Athens after three months away, I found the state close to dissolution and people in despair.
Nov 2, 2011 / Maria Margaronis
Side by Side: On Britain’s School Wars Side by Side: On Britain’s School Wars
Melissa Benn attacks the deepening rift of privilege and privatization in Britain’s secondary schools.
Nov 2, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Heart-Attack Iraq: Lessons From an Antiwar Movement Heart-Attack Iraq: Lessons From an Antiwar Movement
Our rulers thought we could be panicked into a permanent state of war. They underestimated our consciousness and commitment.
Nov 1, 2011 / Tom Hayden
The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac
How corruption in the US puts everyday corruption in Africa to shame.
Nov 1, 2011 / Lawrence Weschler
Letter From Iraq: As the US Military Withdraws, Sectarian Tensions Continue to Smolder Letter From Iraq: As the US Military Withdraws, Sectarian Tensions Continue to Smolder
Iraqis overwhelmingly support the end of the US occupation. But they still suffer from the divisions it engendered.
Oct 28, 2011 / David Enders