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This Week: A Beginning in Mortgage Settlement. PLUS: Lessons From Planned Parenthood This Week: A Beginning in Mortgage Settlement. PLUS: Lessons From Planned Parenthood

This week, DC reporter George Zornick details the good, the bad and the ugly in the mortgage settlement. Ilyse Hogue takes on former Komen vice president Karen Handle. And a look t...

Feb 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pro-Choice and Catholic Groups Praise Compromise on Contraceptive Access

Pro-Choice and Catholic Groups Praise Compromise on Contraceptive Access Pro-Choice and Catholic Groups Praise Compromise on Contraceptive Access

Does the US Conference of Catholic Bishops care more about playing politics than serving Catholics?

Feb 10, 2012 / Emily Douglas

From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/9) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/9)

Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Feb 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

John Sifton: Why Do Drones Disturb Us?

John Sifton: Why Do Drones Disturb Us? John Sifton: Why Do Drones Disturb Us?

What makes drones so frightening to us now, when they have actually been around for decades?

Feb 9, 2012 / The Nation

The Protocols of the Elders of Sheldon The Protocols of the Elders of Sheldon

In light of a Pew Research Center survey on public engagement with the presidential campaign, Reed looks at how biased the media has become.

Feb 9, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Feel the Lin-sanity: Why Jeremy Lin Is More Than a Cultural Curio Feel the Lin-sanity: Why Jeremy Lin Is More Than a Cultural Curio

Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is the first Asian-American in the NBA. He’s also a lot more.

Feb 9, 2012 / Dave Zirin

The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory

The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory

Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.

Feb 8, 2012 / The Editors

Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism

Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism Sheldon Adelson and the End of American Anti-Semitism

How can it be that the “richest Jew in the world” can buy the foreign policy of a major party’s presidential contender and “the Jews” have somehow escaped the blame?

Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona

Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona

The authors of Arizona’s new law want to collapse Latino identity into white American mythology.

Feb 8, 2012 / Column / Gary Younge

Santorum’s Symbolic Victories

Santorum’s Symbolic Victories Santorum’s Symbolic Victories

Don’t believe the media hype. Tuesday’s events awarded no delegates, and it’s too soon to say what Rick Santorum’s nominal wins will mean. 

Feb 8, 2012 / Ben Adler

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