Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge
The severe weather now reshaping how we live will only intensify if we ignore the damage we're doing to the planet.
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month
The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.
Feb 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Faculty Support for UC Irvine Students Faculty Support for UC Irvine Students
One hundred faculty members at the University of California-Irvine signed a letter to the Orange County district attorney to drop charges against 11 students.
Feb 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor
This past November 30, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unceremoniously pulled David Wojnarowicz’s film A Fire in My Belly from an exhibit after complaints f…
Feb 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Noam Chomsky: How Climate Change Became a ‘Liberal Hoax’ Noam Chomsky: How Climate Change Became a ‘Liberal Hoax’
The right has orchestrated a massive public relations campaign to discredit climate science and now a good number of Americans don't believe global warming is really happening.
Feb 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: 7 Strongmen Behind the Unrest in the Middle East Slide Show: 7 Strongmen Behind the Unrest in the Middle East
On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of an administrative building to protest the treatment he had received at the han…
Feb 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Obstacles in Regulating For-Profit Colleges Obstacles in Regulating For-Profit Colleges
Yahoo has an excellent report by Liz Goodwin detailing the political firestorm that the Department of Education is facing as it attempts to crack down on for-profit colleges.
Feb 9, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Hurting Poor Students in Michigan Hurting Poor Students in Michigan
Starting in April, most college students will no longer be able to use food stamps in Michigan.
Feb 8, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Follow the Latest Tweets From the Egyptian Revolution Follow the Latest Tweets From the Egyptian Revolution
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Feb 3, 2011 / The Nation
For-Profits, Not Students For-Profits, Not Students
The Center for American Progress's invaluable daily newsletter, The Progress Report, has a good report on proposed regulations to govern the for-profit college industry.
Feb 3, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation