What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 07/04/14?
This week: More on Hobby Lobby, Schuwarzman and the economy, and detainees blocked in California.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How to Turn a Grueling, Thankless Job Into a Movement How to Turn a Grueling, Thankless Job Into a Movement
The journey one of the first domestic workers’ groups in New York attests to the power of grassroots labor activism and the hurdles that come with it.
Jul 3, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Here’s Something Patriotic You’ll Want to Support Here’s Something Patriotic You’ll Want to Support
Join The Nation and Green America in calling on Congress to pass the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2014.
Jul 3, 2014 / NationAction
From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science From Hobby Lobby to Climate Change: How the Media Enable the Right Wing’s Politicization of Science
Eric on this week's shows and Reed on Hobby Lobby.
Jul 3, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention
Democrats and Republicans warn of the perils of imagining there is a military "fix."
Jul 3, 2014 / John Nichols
US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS
Already working alongside Iran in Iraq, the US ought to end its support for Syria’s rebels, freeing Syria’s forces against ISIS.
Jul 3, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
On This Fourth of July, Meet Your Unpatriotic Corporations On This Fourth of July, Meet Your Unpatriotic Corporations
Walgreens wants to use tax loopholes to take $4 billion out of taxpayers’ pockets. And that’s just the beginning.
Jul 3, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading Summer Interns’ Recommended Reading
Here’s a list of novels, essays, and memoirs that our 2014 summer interns have been reading.
Jul 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How New York Real Estate Became a Dumping Ground for the World’s Dirty Money How New York Real Estate Became a Dumping Ground for the World’s Dirty Money
Shady magnates and corrupt politicians from all over the globe are stashing their ill-gotten wealth in luxurious Manhattan apartments.
Jul 3, 2014 / Michael Hudson, Ionuț Stănescu, and Sam Adler-Bell
How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring
With secular autocrats and rigid Islamists equally discredited in the Arab world, the space is wide open for progressive democrats to save the Arab Spring.
Jul 2, 2014 / Richard Javad Heydarian and Foreign Policy In Focus