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Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms Obama Should Re-Mobilize His Base for Midterms

The campaign for control of Congress is dominating the Washington landscape.

Jul 13, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform? Has Obama Delivered on Healthcare Reform?

Eric Alterman asks, should Americans be proud of what Obama has done so far, or has he succeeded only in passing weak reforms?

Jul 13, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona Vanden Heuvel on Guns, Jobs and Arizona

Guest-host Both Sides Now, Katrina vanden Heuvel takes on former Bush/Cheney aide Mary Matalin about gun control and why she would take "porno economics" over the Repub...

Jul 12, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Courting King Lebron James Courting King Lebron James

LeBron James's relocation to Miami is bad for everyone besides ESPN, Dave Zirin tells Chris Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show.

Jul 9, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Facing Up to Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars Facing Up to Violence Against LGBT Youth Behind Bars

Daniel Redman appears on The Nation on Grit TV to describe how the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from viole...

Jul 8, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Fix the Jobs Crisis, Then the Deficit

While conservative media obsesses over the deficit and Republicans are knocking down job creation plans left and right, Obama will have to convince the American people that the d...

Jul 7, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV

Sarah Palin to Run the RNC? Sarah Palin to Run the RNC?

Sarah Palin's capacity to mobilize in spite of her gaffes is what makes her a more dangerous candidate to head the RNC.

Jul 7, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy Christian Parenti: BP and the Changing Energy Economy

If the United States government is the largest energy consumer in the world, asks Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti, why doesn't it use its massive buying power to...

Jul 6, 2010 / Nation in the News / The Nation on Grit TV

Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV Bring America Home: William Greider on CAN TV

Speaking before the Democratic Socialists of America in Chicago, The Nation's William Greider draws parallels between the political realities of today and the challenges labor a...

Jul 6, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Call Torture by its Real Name

Call Torture by its Real Name Call Torture by its Real Name

Instead of rape, let's just call it, "unilateral, physical intimacy." Instead of torture, let's just call it, "enhanced interrogation techniques," and pretend...

Jul 2, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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