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An Altercation Veterans Day Message

An Altercation Veterans Day Message An Altercation Veterans Day Message

Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on how the pundits and politicians have failed us for fourteen Veterans Days straight.

Nov 11, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

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The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch

Exploring the roots of imperial depression.

Nov 11, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

Prisons Are Destroying Communities and Making All of Us Less Safe

Prisons Are Destroying Communities and Making All of Us Less Safe Prisons Are Destroying Communities and Making All of Us Less Safe

Isolation does not “rehabilitate” people. Disappearance does not deter harm. And prison does not keep us safe.

Nov 11, 2014 / Maya Schenwar

Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism

Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism Kurt Busch, Ray Rice and How Sports Disseminates the Burdens of Racism

The ways in which the individual failings of athletes are discussed are profoundly coded by race.

Nov 11, 2014 / Dave Zirin

The Republicans’ Reckoning

The Republicans’ Reckoning The Republicans’ Reckoning

The “party of ‘no’ ” has no agreement on what is yes.

Nov 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

ISIS! Ebola! Obama!

ISIS! Ebola! Obama! ISIS! Ebola! Obama!

That was a great election.

Nov 11, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow

Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone?

Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone? Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone?

Electoral politics is but one tool the grassroots must use to create change.

Nov 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen

Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen

Executive action could eradicate dark-money flows through government contractors. 

Nov 10, 2014 / Lee Fang

No, the Demolition of the Berlin Wall Was Not the End of Socialism

No, the Demolition of the Berlin Wall Was Not the End of Socialism No, the Demolition of the Berlin Wall Was Not the End of Socialism

“Socialism is inseparable from democracy,” The Nation wrote in its 1989 editorial.

Nov 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’ Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

The president calls for the reclassification of Internet services under telecommunications in the name of an open Internet.

Nov 10, 2014 / John Nichols

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