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Nation Conversations: Jay Rosen: Dissecting the American Media

Nation Conversations: Jay Rosen: Dissecting the American Media Nation Conversations: Jay Rosen: Dissecting the American Media

The Internet has revolutionized journalism: not only has it put the powers of production in the hands of the audience, but it has also drastically increased participation in a prev...

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Unrest in Yemen

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Unrest in Yemen Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Unrest in Yemen

Is the US supplying a dictator with arms and training to suppress the Yemeni people?

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation

Puzzle Contest: Solutions Puzzle Contest: Solutions

The solutions are available, to help you make your decision!

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms Joel Salatin: Breaking Free From Factory Farms

Joel Salatin outlines the key issues America faces as its citizens increasingly rely on concentrated animal feeding operations that require cheap energy in order to operate profita...

Mar 30, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya? Juan Cole and Katrina vanden Heuvel: Do We Belong in Libya?

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel speaks with Middle East scholar Juan Cole about his open letter to the left on Libya.

Mar 29, 2011 / The Nation

Gerry in the Gap Gerry in the Gap

From the archive: The Nation on Geraldine Ferraro's 1984 Vice-presidential candidacy.

Mar 26, 2011 / The Nation

Video: As Michele Bachmann Toys With Presidential Bid, Remember Her Call for McCarthyism Video: As Michele Bachmann Toys With Presidential Bid, Remember Her Call for McCarthyism

In 2008 on Hardball, Bachmann called on the media to seek out members of Congress who are “anti-American.” And Katrina vanden Heuvel talked back.

Mar 25, 2011 / The Nation

Honoring Leonard Weinglass Honoring Leonard Weinglass

Weinglass devoted his legal career to making human rights more sacred than corporate profit.

Mar 25, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: Milestones in Labor History

Slide Show: Milestones in Labor History Slide Show: Milestones in Labor History

What began as a rally in support of striking workers and the push for an eight-hour workday quickly turned into one of the worst police massacres in American history when a bo…

Mar 23, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time

Already, eighteen countries are overpumping their aquifers, and few realize that in the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.

Mar 22, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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