UN Torture Report Stirs Pressure for Congressional Response UN Torture Report Stirs Pressure for Congressional Response
Has the outsourcing of torture been a way to keep human rights groups at bay and protect the US image after Abu Ghraib?
Oct 14, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Comments of the Week: October 14, 2011 Comments of the Week: October 14, 2011
Each week we post a weekly run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more people to joi...
Oct 14, 2011 / Sarah Arnold
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out most everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nationinterns try to cut through the echo chambe...
Oct 14, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Slide Show: Occupy America—Nine Occupied Cities Slide Show: Occupy America—Nine Occupied Cities
Reports from cities in revolt.
Oct 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Hard Hats and Hippies, Together at Last: The Action at Occupy Wall Street Hard Hats and Hippies, Together at Last: The Action at Occupy Wall Street
Change comes to working class politics.
Oct 14, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Georgetown Professor Explains His New Class on Jay-Z Georgetown Professor Explains His New Class on Jay-Z
Georgetown is offering a class about the self-proclaimed ‘best rapper alive.’
Oct 14, 2011 / Ari Melber
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Showdown With Bloomberg Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Showdown With Bloomberg
Mayor Mike ordered protesters to leave Liberty Park for scheduled cleaning. The activists refused, and the company that owns the park canceled the order.
Oct 14, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Time (Money, and the Media) Is on Wall Street’s Side, Yes It Is Time (Money, and the Media) Is on Wall Street’s Side, Yes It Is
Eric on story collections and film fest picks and Reed on Wall Street's media advantage.
Oct 13, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS
There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...
Oct 13, 2011 / John Nichols
Stop NYC From Evicting Occupy Wall Street Stop NYC From Evicting Occupy Wall Street
Signs are strong that Mayor Bloomberg is finally trying to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park under the ruse of a thorough park cleaning.
Oct 13, 2011 / Peter Rothberg