The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's episode of The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil dr...
Aug 27, 2010 / Chris Hayes
This Week at TheNation.com: Reflecting on New Orleans. Plus: A New Leader for The Nation Institute. This Week at TheNation.com: Reflecting on New Orleans. Plus: A New Leader for The Nation Institute.
Five years after the tragedy in the Gulf, The Nation continues to follow the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Aug 27, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Feds Have Been Hiding Evidence From Wiretap Courts in Their War on Gangs Feds Have Been Hiding Evidence From Wiretap Courts in Their War on Gangs
Court records filed in the Alex Sanchez case and reviewed by The Nation show federal prosecutors have concealed their use of notorious gang leaders as informants while applying for...
Aug 27, 2010 / Tom Hayden
The Unmaking of a Company Man The Unmaking of a Company Man
An education begun in the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate.
Aug 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Alan Simpson, Senator Guttermouth, Spews Again Alan Simpson, Senator Guttermouth, Spews Again
Everyone knows that Obama wants to whack Social Security benefits to lure Republicans into a deal on raising taxes. In that case, keep Alan Simpson on the commission on reducing t...
Aug 26, 2010 / William Greider
On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime On ‘Friday Night Lights’, Abortion Stigma Goes Primetime
Manipulating information women who are seeking abortion receive is a staple of antichoice politics. A recent episode of Friday Night Lights reveals how damaging that strategy is.
Aug 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nancy Northup
Revelations of Rot: Behind Baseball’s Corporate Crime Wave Revelations of Rot: Behind Baseball’s Corporate Crime Wave
We've known for some time that sports owners lie about their financial bottom line. But to see the mendacity in black and white—especially in these tough economic times&mdash...
Aug 26, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Harry Reid Says That the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Should Be Built Somewhere Else Harry Reid Says That the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Should Be Built Somewhere Else
The leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, Now runs against a wacko. In the lead, But not by very much, he felt the need To pander on the mosque. This craven deed Was done, apparently, so he'd proceed As leader of the Senate Harry Reid.
Aug 26, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Do Democrats Deserve to Lose in November? Do Democrats Deserve to Lose in November?
Unless Democrats can justify why they should remain in power, Republicans will win in November.
Aug 26, 2010 / Ari Berman
For Digital Democracy For Digital Democracy
It’s hard to get charged up for a fight on behalf of net “neutrality.” But decisions made now about how we communicate online could warp every political debate in...
Aug 26, 2010 / The Editors