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The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly The GOP’s Healthcare Plan: Get Sick, Die Quickly

The Nation editor and MSNBC host says we have the facts to show that expanding Obamacare will save lives. Not doing so will cost them.

May 7, 2014 / Blog / Chris Hayes

‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State

‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State ‘Nation’ Exclusive: Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Take on America’s Runaway Surveillance State

“The first principle of any American intelligence official is not an oath to secrecy but a duty to the public, a commitment to speak truth to power.”

May 7, 2014 / Editorial / Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras

Obama’s Pundit Problem

Obama’s Pundit Problem Obama’s Pundit Problem

Critics like Maureen Dowd of the Times live in an Oz-like dream world.

May 7, 2014 / Column / Eric Alterman

Should New York Teachers Reject de Blasio’s Proposed Contract?

Should New York Teachers Reject de Blasio’s Proposed Contract? Should New York Teachers Reject de Blasio’s Proposed Contract?

Teachers’ contract vote will depend largely on whether they feel they can rely on this administration to steer the education system in a more progressive direction

May 7, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen

On Benghazi and the Right-Wing Media’s Never-Ending Quest for ‘Smoking Guns’

On Benghazi and the Right-Wing Media’s Never-Ending Quest for ‘Smoking Guns’ On Benghazi and the Right-Wing Media’s Never-Ending Quest for ‘Smoking Guns’

Eric with the latest reviews (sort of) and Reed on Benghazi and the right-wing media.

May 7, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

A former aide says Christie's deputy chief of staff was "instrumental," but for whom?

May 7, 2014 / The Christie Watch / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Donald Sterling, Awful Sports Owners and the ‘Slippery Slope’

Donald Sterling, Awful Sports Owners and the ‘Slippery Slope’ Donald Sterling, Awful Sports Owners and the ‘Slippery Slope’

Few owners would survive the kind of scrutiny that Donald Sterling has been subject to, and that’s exactly why it should be applied.

May 7, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System

Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System Healing the Rot at the Heart of the Criminal Justice System

As reforms have caused incarceration rates to fall and the sky has not fallen with it, Americans are increasingly supportive of such measures. 

May 7, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

University Presses Under Fire

University Presses Under Fire University Presses Under Fire

How the Internet and slashed budgets have endangered one of higher education’s most important institutions.

May 6, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

From Richmond to Los Angeles, students take direct action for educational justice.

May 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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