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An Apology to John Tyner An Apology to John Tyner

The Nation hasn't been—and never will be—in the business of muffling citizen protest.

Nov 28, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?

Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around? Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?

Several senators still have uncertain positions on the DREAM Act.

Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper Meg Whitman Pays $144 Million for her Own Campaign, $5,500 to Her Housekeeper

Fox News called the settlement "chump change."

Nov 19, 2010 / The Notion / Jon Wiener

The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?

The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act? The Breakdown: Why Did the GOP Block the Paycheck Fairness Act?

Women still earn 77 cents on a man's dollar for full-time work. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have helped remedy that unequal pay. On this week's The Breakdown, the Center for Am...

Nov 19, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes

Guilty Until Proven Guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty

How the "War on Terror" is threatening the presumption of innocence.

Nov 18, 2010 / Karen J. Greenberg

Time to Call It Torture Time to Call It Torture

The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.

Nov 18, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Without Artifice: On William Brennan Without Artifice: On William Brennan

Justice William Brennan's watchword was human dignity, and to protect it he interpreted individual rights expansively.

Nov 17, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Even proponents of repeal assume that DADT only interferes with the ability of gay servicemembers to serve openly, leaving them to conduct their private lives in, well, private. We...

Nov 16, 2010 / Daniel Redman and Ilona Turner

Solidarity in New Haven

Solidarity in New Haven Solidarity in New Haven

The recent campus mobilization at Yale is only the latest student effort to organize around and impact the safety of local residents.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work

Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

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