Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty
Americans are rejecting capital punishment in greater numbers than ever before.
Mar 21, 2011 / The Nation
Map: GE Nuclear Reactors in the US Map: GE Nuclear Reactors in the US
Could Japan's nuclear disaster happen here? General Electric, the company that designed the Fukushima nuclear reactor in Japan, also designed 23 reactors in the US to similar speci...
Mar 15, 2011 / The Nation
Susan Sarandon in Wisconsin: The Whole Nation Has a Stake in This Fight Susan Sarandon in Wisconsin: The Whole Nation Has a Stake in This Fight
Actress Susan Sarandon joined protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol to speak out against Governor Walker and his anti-worker bill.
Mar 14, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Five Vie for Puzzler’s Mantle Five Vie for Puzzler’s Mantle
Voting for the next Nation puzzler has now closed. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner of our Crossword Puzzle Contest!
Mar 9, 2011 / The Nation
Jean Laherrère: Why Cheap Energy Is a Bad Thing Jean Laherrère: Why Cheap Energy Is a Bad Thing
Many European countries have responded to the impending fuel crisis with taxes on energy, driving down consumption with higher prices. But the US hasn't followed their lead,...
Mar 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights
After surviving years of gender-based violence as a weapon of war, grassroots activists from Eastern Congo developed a list of twelve demands for equality and justice.
Mar 8, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate
On November 28th of last year, WikiLeaks began releasing their massive cache of classified correspondence cables to and from US diplomats around the world, an unprecedented publica…
Mar 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis
We have to to fight back against the corporate capture of government because the companies profiting off our addiction to oil are doing everything in their power to keep us on our...
Mar 2, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Weekend of Protest Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Weekend of Protest
With protests in Wisconsin now in their third week, tensions are running high among the state Republicans who have stonewalled any effort at compromise or negotiation with public-s…
Mar 1, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson on the Energy of Egypt in Wisconsin Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson on the Energy of Egypt in Wisconsin
The civil rights leader explains how the protests in Cairo and Madison have broken our "cynical disbelief" and revealed that people have the power to change their situations.
Mar 1, 2011 / The Nation