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The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011 The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011

In honor of Earth Day 2011, The Nation has collected some of our strongest reporting from the past year on the environment, climate change and what can be done to protect our pla...

Apr 22, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Kathryn Joyce on the Evangelical Adoption Movement Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Kathryn Joyce on the Evangelical Adoption Movement

Are Christians in the United States fueling an under-regulated international adoption industry?

Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...

Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation

Koch Industries 2010 Election Packet Koch Industries 2010 Election Packet

Just before the November election, Koch Industries sent materials to 50,000 employees advising them who they should vote for. The Nation obtained a copy of the packet sent to worke...

Apr 20, 2011 / The Nation

Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes

In the run up to this year's Tax Day, hundreds of protesters ascended on a Bank of America branch to demand that big banks pay their fair share of taxes and stop foreclosures.

Apr 20, 2011 / The Nation

Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone

On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine exploded, precipitating the worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversar...

Apr 20, 2011 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation

What’s the Best Protest Song Ever?

What’s the Best Protest Song Ever? What’s the Best Protest Song Ever?

Tell us what you consider the all-time best protest song.

Apr 19, 2011 / The Nation

Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World? Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World?

Al Jazeera English's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin explains how social media facilitates political movements in the Arab world.

Apr 18, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders

Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders

The budget agreement that President Obama lashed together late last week in the face of a government shutdown will take away billions of dollars in federal funding from vital publi…

Apr 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse

To confront climate change we need an alternative economic model that emphasizes the local. This will come as a shock to many, but haven't the last 50 years of globalization also b...

Apr 12, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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