Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class
Why do austerity measures remain so popular within the beltway while the overwhelming evidence in the rest of the country points to the fact that such measures increase unemploymen...
Oct 28, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28)
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.
Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America
We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.
Oct 26, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Occupy Colleges Plans Solidarity Teach-ins Occupy Colleges Plans Solidarity Teach-ins
After national actions on October 13, Occupy Colleges plans nationwide Teach-ins at colleges and universities on November 2.
Oct 25, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)
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.
Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building
Dozens of student activists disrupted a Senate committee hearing Thursday, then occupied the Senate office building for eight hours demanding a referendum on how to resolve Chile...
Oct 21, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America
Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...
Oct 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future
Ten years into the US occupation of Afghanistan, how can we effectively and humanely end an unwinnable war?
Oct 19, 2011 / The Nation
Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America
Why is poverty invisible in the US?
Oct 17, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
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