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WATCH: Video Chat on Voting Rights with Brentin Mock, Aura Bogado and Ari Berman WATCH: Video Chat on Voting Rights with Brentin Mock, Aura Bogado and Ari Berman

Replay our live video chat on voting rights with Nation reporters Brentin Mock, Aura Bogado and Ari Berman here.

Aug 16, 2012 / The Nation

Ten Things You Can Do to Curb Your Facebook Addiction Ten Things You Can Do to Curb Your Facebook Addiction

Have you lost control of your Facebook use? Here are ten ways you can take back your time and use your energy for social change.

Aug 13, 2012 / The Nation

Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege

Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege

Zabadani, located 20 miles northwest of Damascus near the Lebanese border, was once a popular summer destination for tourists from the Gulf. Seventeen months after the Syrian revol…

Aug 10, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover

Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover

As a bookseller, Amazon has left no corner of the publishing world untouched. What will happen as it ventures into publishing original content?  

Aug 9, 2012 / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America

Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America

The WikiLeaks cables not only uncovered extensive Washington influence in the region, it also ushered in a new age of investigative journalism.

Aug 2, 2012 / The Nation

What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans?

What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans? What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans?

The answers are eye-opening and help give some sense of the enormity of the impact the ACA will have in many people's lives.

Jul 31, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12)

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.

Jul 27, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture? Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

How does having too many postage stamps in prison land you alone in a bathroom-sized cell, 23 hours each day for a month?

Jul 26, 2012 / The Nation

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