Conversation: Daniel Teweles and Dr. Martin Michaels on 10Questions Conversation: Daniel Teweles and Dr. Martin Michaels on 10Questions
With citizens posing their own questions to candidates via the web, can new media technology improve accountability in our elections?
Oct 27, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hendrik Hertzberg on Corporate Money in Elections Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hendrik Hertzberg on Corporate Money in Elections
Five billion dollars is being poured into the 2010 election alone. What will an influx of corporate cash do to our democracy?
Oct 25, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag
According to Cohen, half of Russia looks back to Joseph Stalin as a great leader and the other half as a genocidal murderer. In his new book, he examines the ongoing struggle to ...
Oct 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation on Grit TV
Commentary: Betsy Reed on Lou Dobbs’s Immigration Contradictions Commentary: Betsy Reed on Lou Dobbs’s Immigration Contradictions
All the attention given to Dobbs's hypocrisy risks obscuring the deeper lesson to learn from this case: that undocumented workers are so thoroughly woven into the fabric of our e...
Oct 19, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Briefing: Chris Hayes and Erica Payne on Money in Politics Briefing: Chris Hayes and Erica Payne on Money in Politics
With a severely dysfunctional election system overly dependent on private cash, the control of the entire House could be in the hands of a few Democrats in safe seats.
Oct 18, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Commentary: John Nichols on Write-In Candidates Commentary: John Nichols on Write-In Candidates
Can Lisa Murkowski's write-in campaign in Alaska serve as an example of how to mobilize voters in the twenty-first century?
Oct 15, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Conversation: Greg Mitchell on Politics and Media Manipulation Conversation: Greg Mitchell on Politics and Media Manipulation
The Nation's Media Fix blogger Greg Mitchell takes us back to the origins of media campaigning with Upton Sinclair's 1934 bid for California governor.
Oct 13, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Briefing: Ari Berman & Karen Finney on Mobilizing the Democratic Base Briefing: Ari Berman & Karen Finney on Mobilizing the Democratic Base
As the Tea Partiers and the GOP's committed base amp up their efforts ahead of the fast-approaching midterms, the Democrats can't match the right's fervor. Where did they go so w...
Oct 12, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Commentary: John Nichols on Russ Feingold’s Future Commentary: John Nichols on Russ Feingold’s Future
Russ Feingold has been one of the few consistently progressive Senators in Washington, so it's no surprise that he's now a prime target for conservatives.
Oct 8, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Conversation: Rev. Jesse Jackson on Mending a Divided America Conversation: Rev. Jesse Jackson on Mending a Divided America
In 1963, Jackson stood with Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For last weekend's One Nation rally, Jackson traveled to DC from Detroit...
Oct 5, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV