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Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag

Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag Dear Conservatives: Your Opposition to Family Planning Comes with a Huge Price Tag

You can save the babies or you can save the budget, but you can’t do both.

Dec 10, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert

The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature

The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature

The unwinnable war transforms a freedom-loving republic into a freedom-fearing national security state.  

Dec 10, 2012 / Lewis Lapham

‘It’s Not Just Anti-Union. It’s Anti-Worker.’  NFLPA and MLBPA Join Fight Against Michigan Right-to-Work

‘It’s Not Just Anti-Union. It’s Anti-Worker.’ NFLPA and MLBPA Join Fight Against Michigan Right-to-Work ‘It’s Not Just Anti-Union. It’s Anti-Worker.’ NFLPA and MLBPA Join Fight Against Michigan Right-to-Work

Sports unions have joined to fight to defeat Michigan's proposed right-to-work legislation.

Dec 9, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/07/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/07/2012)

This week: the escalating crisis in Syria, right-to-work laws in Michigan and much more. 

Dec 9, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Supreme Court to Hear Two Gay Marriage Cases

Supreme Court to Hear Two Gay Marriage Cases Supreme Court to Hear Two Gay Marriage Cases

But will it decide that the petitioners have standing?

Dec 7, 2012 / Nancy Goldstein

Comments of the Week: Birthrate Panic, Domestic Violence and the Democratic Party

Comments of the Week: Birthrate Panic, Domestic Violence and the Democratic Party Comments of the Week: Birthrate Panic, Domestic Violence and the Democratic Party

 

Dec 7, 2012 / The Nation

Bob Costas: ‘I Stand by What I Said’

Bob Costas: ‘I Stand by What I Said’ Bob Costas: ‘I Stand by What I Said’

Costas has ignited a firestorm after his comments on gun culture during halftime of Sunday Night Football. He tells us now why he won’t back down.

Dec 6, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

The FCC Must Not Give Rupert Murdoch More Control Over US Media

The FCC Must Not Give Rupert Murdoch More Control Over US Media The FCC Must Not Give Rupert Murdoch More Control Over US Media

The man that proposed “Petraeus for President” threatens to dominate airwaves and headlines in major American cities. 

Dec 6, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti

Author Christian Parenti, in conversation with NYU student Rebecca Nathanson, explains why fossil-fuel divestment campaigns—now gaining popularity on college campuses thanks ...

Dec 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

Our Student Prizewinners Our Student Prizewinners

We are delighted to announce the winners of The Nation’s seventh annual Student Writing Contest, Andrew Gambrione and Tess Saperstein.

Dec 5, 2012 / Editorial / The Editors

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