Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks
As Occupy heads into the spring, the movement’s initial honeymoon phase is coming to a close.
Feb 21, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
The Conservative War on Women’s Sexuality The Conservative War on Women’s Sexuality
Recent commentary demonstrates why Rick Santorum’s backward sexual politics are so appealing to Republicans.
Feb 21, 2012 / Ben Adler
Jeremy Lin and ESPN’s ‘Accidental’ Racism Jeremy Lin and ESPN’s ‘Accidental’ Racism
The sports world has no anti-racist mental apparatus for how to talk about an Asian-American player.
Feb 19, 2012 / Dave Zirin
This Week: Fighting Back in GOP’s War on Women. PLUS: ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’ Debuts This Week: Fighting Back in GOP’s War on Women. PLUS: ‘Melissa Harris-Perry’ Debuts
This week, I explain how to fight back in the GOP's War on Women. Columnist Melissa Harris-Perry’s show debuts on MSNBC; We welcome guest-blogger Dr. Victoria DeFrancesc...
Feb 17, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Remembering Anthony Shadid Remembering Anthony Shadid
The most gifted foreign correspondent in a generation reported with authority and empathy.
Feb 17, 2012 / Ruth Baldwin
Help Save the Montes Family Help Save the Montes Family
This heartbreaking video describes the outrageously unfair detention and deportation of an innocent man and the callous means by which immigration officials casually tear famil...
Feb 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Employees Need Birth Control Coverage Mandate Employees Need Birth Control Coverage Mandate
Catholic hospitals net billions in government aid. They should not be able to deny their employees contraceptive coverage.
Feb 17, 2012 / Lois Uttley
For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement
A Harper's journalist recently went undercover as a University of Phoenix student. What he found was an "education" that was anything but--and a prime example of how the ...
Feb 16, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 16, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Poll Dancing Poll Dancing
Eric on Richard Thompson and Reed on the flawed history of polling.
Feb 16, 2012 / Eric Alterman