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Rubin Agonistes Rubin Agonistes

Alter-Reviews and Reed Richardson zeros in on the flip-flop blogging of the Washington Post's Jenifer Rubin.

Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act

More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.

Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?

Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History Follow the Urine! Ryan Braun Makes a Kind of History

Because a set of bizarre circumstances surrounding his drug test, reigning MVP Ryan Braunhas become the first player in history to successfully challenge a steroid-related penalty ...

Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?

Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?

Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?

Feb 23, 2012 / Audio / The Nation

From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22)

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

Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill

Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.

Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future

The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.

Feb 23, 2012 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘Retro-Culture Wars’

Why is the Republican party resorting to hypocritical attempts to dictate American values?

Feb 23, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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