With conservatives increasingly shaping educational policies in states such as Arizona and Texas, The Nation‘s Melissa Harris-Lacewell wonders whether progressives are in danger of losing the youth to the right?

The Nation‘s Max Fraser and Michael Whitney of Firedoglake join Laura Flanders to deconstruct the ways in which labor’s long-term alliance with the Democratic party is in trouble.

The Nation‘s Max Fraser and Michael Whitney of Firedoglake join Laura Flanders to deconstruct the ways in which labor’s long-term alliance with the Democratic party is in trouble.

Republicans say they’re defending small government and private property, but the real winner is corporate America. Richard Kim talks to Laura Flanders about the Republican Party’s private property hypocrisy.

Republicans say again and again that they’re defending small government and private property, but when the hot air settles the real winner is corporate America, too often at the expense of the people the party says it protects. Richard Kim joins Laura Flanders to discuss the Republican Party’s private property hypocrisy.

Beck rejects soccer because his idealized ‘real America’—in all its monochromatic glory—rejects it as well, says Nation sports editor Dave Zirin.

Beck rejects soccer because his idealized ‘real America’—in all its monochromatic glory—rejects it as well, says Nation sports editor Dave Zirin.

In the market for a private army? Jeremy Scahill says you can probably buy Blackwater from Erik Prince for cheap.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. 

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.  This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman in California, Sharron Angle in Nevada, and Nikki Haley in South Carolina in last week’s primaries are being hailed as a victory for women. Yet do conservative, anti-government women’s candidacies really spell gains for women nationwide?