Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’ Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’
People talk a blue streak about Lena Dunham‘s Girls, but Enlightened has a deeper grasp of the world, including the problems of anti-corporate activism.
Jan 13, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Remembering Aaron Swartz Remembering Aaron Swartz
Each of our minds contain a universe, but how is it that his mind contained fourteen or fifteen of them?
Jan 12, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
This Week: Obama’s Cabinet. Plus: Owning the Future This Week: Obama’s Cabinet. Plus: Owning the Future
Obama’s cabinet; avoiding a climate-change apocalypse; and The Nation welcomes three new bloggers.
Jan 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
ICE Arrests, Releases Prominent Immigration Activist’s Family Members ICE Arrests, Releases Prominent Immigration Activist’s Family Members
ICE’s contradictory policies are evident in the detention and almost immediate release of two undocumented immigrants.
Jan 11, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Why Bernie Sanders Objects to Obama’s Treasury Nominee Why Bernie Sanders Objects to Obama’s Treasury Nominee
&qlduo;We need a treasury secretary who is prepared to stand up to corporate America and their powerful lobbyists and fight for policies that protect the working families in our co...
Jan 11, 2013 / John Nichols
The Wrong Torture Debate The Wrong Torture Debate
Zero Dark Thirty has us arguing over whether torture works, not whether it should be banned.
Jan 11, 2013 / Peter Weiss
Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform?
SFER, a student network that has exploded on more than 100 college campuses across the country since it was started in 2009, is an “education reform” front for a lobbyi...
Jan 11, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation
Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools? Why Do Democrats Want More Police in Schools?
It's the wrong response to incidents like Newtown.
Jan 11, 2013 / Lori Bezahler
Comments of the Week: Gerda Lerner, Liberals and Poverty Comments of the Week: Gerda Lerner, Liberals and Poverty
Our readers on historian Gerda Lerner, the definition of a "liberal" and the importance of addressing poverty in America.
Jan 11, 2013 / Sarah Arnold
How About Gun Control for the Pentagon? How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?
For all the droning on about US gun violence, it would be good to hear someone drone on just a bit about US drones.
Jan 11, 2013 / Laura Flanders