Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/23/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/23/11)
This week, Nation interns selected a wide range of undercovered yet important stories from media across the globe.
Sep 23, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
This Week at The Nation: Saving the American Dream. PLUS: No Justice for Troy Davis This Week at The Nation: Saving the American Dream. PLUS: No Justice for Troy Davis
This week, we ask: can a movement save the American Dream? Plus, The Nation’s coverage of the execution of Troy Davis, and Stéphane Hessel brings Time for Outrage to t...
Sep 23, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Comments of the Week: September 23, 2011 Comments of the Week: September 23, 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 join th...
Sep 23, 2011 / Sarah Arnold
The Funding Standoff and the GOP’s Refusal to Learn From Hurricane Katrina The Funding Standoff and the GOP’s Refusal to Learn From Hurricane Katrina
Republicans are once again using crucial government functions as pawns in a larger ideological game.
Sep 23, 2011 / George Zornick
Dave Zirin: Tim Tebow and the NFL’s Political Hypocrisy Dave Zirin: Tim Tebow and the NFL’s Political Hypocrisy
The problem is not that sports and politics don't mix, but that for the league owners, sports and certain types of politics don't mix.
Sep 23, 2011 / ESPN
The Real Poop: Gary Johnson ‘Stole’ Debate Joke From Limbaugh, Who Stole It From a Helpless Puppy The Real Poop: Gary Johnson ‘Stole’ Debate Joke From Limbaugh, Who Stole It From a Helpless Puppy
Johnson’s “shovel-ready jobs” joke has been around the block a time or two.
Sep 23, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Set Phrases to Stun Set Phrases to Stun
Alterman on classic rock and jazz, Reed on cliché's gravitational pull over media.
Sep 23, 2011 / Eric Alterman
No Justice for Troy Davis No Justice for Troy Davis
Should we as a society act like the murderers that we punish?
Sep 23, 2011 / Countdown
Note to GOP Candidates: Obama’s No Socialist Note to GOP Candidates: Obama’s No Socialist
Romney said that the president takes his inspiration “from socialist democrats in Europe.” Gingrich decried “Obama's socialist policies.” They are ridiculou...
Sep 23, 2011 / John Nichols
The Future of No Child Left Behind The Future of No Child Left Behind
President Obama is moving forward to reform NCLB unilaterally, but the House GOP has its own plan.
Sep 23, 2011 / Dana Goldstein