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Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Seemingly within reach of unprecedented power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, the group faces the prospect of implosion.

Aug 24, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain

Michele Bachmann, Wife in Chief?

Michele Bachmann, Wife in Chief? Michele Bachmann, Wife in Chief?

Is a vote for Bachmann actually a vote for her husband?

Aug 24, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Party of Bachmann? The Party of Bachmann?

Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.

Aug 24, 2011 / Sarah Posner

Cognitive Dissonance: Conservative Media Respond to Libya’s Liberation

Cognitive Dissonance: Conservative Media Respond to Libya’s Liberation Cognitive Dissonance: Conservative Media Respond to Libya’s Liberation

Conservative media outlets don’t know how to fit Qaddafi’s ouster into their false narrative of Obama’s being weak on defense. 

Aug 23, 2011 / Ben Adler

Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable

Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable

Chilean students fasting for the cause of free and public education released a statement saying they will hold President Sebastián Piñera responsible for any physical...

Aug 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson

Nation Readers Reflect on their Childhood Sports Heroes: Second Edition

Nation Readers Reflect on their Childhood Sports Heroes: Second Edition Nation Readers Reflect on their Childhood Sports Heroes: Second Edition

Roberto Clemente, Ernie Davis, Ted Williams and many more. The Nation's readers choose their childhood sports heroes.

Aug 22, 2011 / The Nation

Hitting the Road to Bridge the Gap Between Pakistan and the West Hitting the Road to Bridge the Gap Between Pakistan and the West

Maria Kari interviews Moin Khan, a Pakistani-American who is embarking on a motorbike tour from San Francisco, California to Lahore Pakistan in an effort to re-envision Pakistani-W...

Aug 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari

Jon Stewart Does Obama’s Job for Him Jon Stewart Does Obama’s Job for Him

Dismantling the right’s “class warfare” hysteria, Jon Stewart dares to speak the “p” word.

Aug 19, 2011 / Leslie Savan

Will Offering Free Homes to Police Officers Help Revive Detroit? Will Offering Free Homes to Police Officers Help Revive Detroit?

On MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry praises a Detroit program that provides free and reduced-priced homes to police officers.

Aug 18, 2011 / Press Room

Egyptians Defend Viral Video Activist Charged in Military Court

Egyptians Defend Viral Video Activist Charged in Military Court Egyptians Defend Viral Video Activist Charged in Military Court

Asmaa Mahfouz is facing prosecution in a military court for speaking out again. presidential candidates, NGOs and ordinary Egyptians are rallying to her defense—and decrying ...

Aug 18, 2011 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

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