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Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/16/11)

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/16/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/16/11)

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

Sep 16, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Ten Things to Reduce Hunger and Provide Good Food For All

Ten Things to Reduce Hunger and Provide Good Food For All Ten Things to Reduce Hunger and Provide Good Food For All

Why is there hunger in a world that can feed itself—and how can we solve it?

Sep 15, 2011 / The Nation

Melissa Harris-Perry: Democrats Could Lose Anthony Weiner’s Seat Melissa Harris-Perry: Democrats Could Lose Anthony Weiner’s Seat

The prospect of losing another seat in Congress may further hurt the morale of the Democratic party.

Sep 13, 2011 / The Nation

How 9/11 Affected America

How 9/11 Affected America How 9/11 Affected America

We asked Nation readers to share their 9/11 stories with us. Here are the first four.

Sep 13, 2011 / The Nation

Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years

On September 17th, Chautauqua, Wisconsin will host its annual Fighting Bob Fest, a progressive, populist forum in the spirit of Wisconsin progressive hero Robert "Fighting Bob...

Sep 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

The Nation Remembers 9/11 The Nation Remembers 9/11

Ten years after September 11, 2001, we are still engaged in an unwinnable "War on Terror," and have opened the door to a new vision of "normal"—a normal i...

Sep 9, 2011 / The Nation and Francis Reynolds

9/11 at 10 9/11 at 10

Streaming live with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Melissa Harris-Perry, Chris Hayes, Eric Foner and John Nichols.

Sep 8, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia

Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia

The Shabab, the militant Islamist group with close ties to Al Qaeda, announced a “tactical retreat” from Mogadishu in August. But that doesn’t mean that peace has…

Sep 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Video: Ten Years After 9/11 Video: Ten Years After 9/11

How has the United States changed? A Nation event at The New School

Sep 6, 2011 / The Nation

Ten Years After 9/11 Ten Years After 9/11

Selections from The Nation's archives illuminate the ten years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the way the US response has damaged more than it has healed.

Sep 6, 2011 / The Nation

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