How To Make Textbooks More Affordable How To Make Textbooks More Affordable
College students currently spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks—a number that has increased at four times the rate of inflation since 1994.
Jul 26, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Soap Opera Politics: It’s the Nineties All Over Again Soap Opera Politics: It’s the Nineties All Over Again
The right-wing noise machine that flourished during Bill Clinton's presidency is back with a vengeance under Barack Obama.
Jul 26, 2010 / Ari Berman
Finding Racial Inspiration in the Shirley Sherrod Story Finding Racial Inspiration in the Shirley Sherrod Story
The Sunday morning pundits have renewed my frustration with our national reaction to the vilification of Shirley Sherrod. It seems we are insisting on focusing exclusively on the p...
Jul 25, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Discharged Gay Veteran Confronts Reid at Blogger Summit Discharged Gay Veteran Confronts Reid at Blogger Summit
President Obama and Senator Harry Reid address bloggers at Netroots Nation, encountering frustration with progressive pledges delayed or denied.
Jul 25, 2010 / Ari Melber
Obama Team Takes the Lead on LGBT Rights at the UN Obama Team Takes the Lead on LGBT Rights at the UN
The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Comission finally won the right to be represented in major meetings at the United Nations—once the US mission showed some muscl...
Jul 23, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico? Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?
What has Mexico's US-funded War on Drugs accomplished? On the ground in Ciudad Juárez, the answer is written in blood.
Jul 23, 2010 / Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy
Conversation: Diane Ravitch on the Death of Public Education Conversation: Diane Ravitch on the Death of Public Education
Diane Ravitch's research shows that charter schools, high-stakes testing and punishing teachers for low-scoring kids are all failing. That's why this former No Child Left Behind ...
Jul 23, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case Zealots and Fake Journalism: The Shirley Sherrod Case
The Sherrod controversy "was a ginned-up, fabricated story,” The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explains on The Today Show. “And this country can’t afford...
Jul 23, 2010 / Press Room
Not-so-Slacker Friday Not-so-Slacker Friday
Charlie Rangel, "Top Secret America" and a new addition to Altercation.
Jul 23, 2010 / Eric Alterman
The Real Story of Racism at the USDA The Real Story of Racism at the USDA
The USDA's real race problem is its history of discrimination against African-American, Native American and other minority farmers who were pushed off their land.
Jul 23, 2010 / Chris Kromm