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Our Student Prize-winners Our Student Prize-winners

Congratulations to the winners of The Nation's sixth annual Student Writing Contest.

Jan 25, 2012 / Editorial / The Nation

An Iraq Vet’s Journey From Wall Street to OWS

An Iraq Vet’s Journey From Wall Street to OWS An Iraq Vet’s Journey From Wall Street to OWS

Zuccotti Park was not my first occupation. But it showed me the need to live up to our values.

Jan 25, 2012 / Feature / Derek McGee

Looking Back at the UFW, a Union With Two Souls

Looking Back at the UFW, a Union With Two Souls Looking Back at the UFW, a Union With Two Souls

A Q&A with Frank Bardacke, whose new book Trampling Out the Vintage complicates the legend and legacy of Cesar Chavez.

Jan 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Thompson

‘The Elders’ Take a Stand Against Child Marriage ‘The Elders’ Take a Stand Against Child Marriage

These ten leaders are using their wealth of knowledge to attack a root cause of social dysfunction.

Jan 25, 2012 / Feature / Barbara Crossette

A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act

A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act A Spoonful of Sugar: On the Affordable Care Act

Obama and America's hundred-year struggle over healthcare reform.

Jan 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai

Of Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’ Of Semites and ‘Anti-Semites’

In today’s media climate, it’s much easier to smear critics of the push for war on Iran as “anti-Semites” than to deal honestly with the facts.

Jan 25, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman

As Chicago’s Hull House Closes Its Doors, Time to Revive the Settlement Model? As Chicago’s Hull House Closes Its Doors, Time to Revive the Settlement Model?

The nation's oldest settlement house is closing. Is Jane Addams’s method—having citizens of different socioeconomic classes living among each other—a legacy that ...

Jan 25, 2012 / Louise W. Knight

Scratching the Surface of Obama’s Education Rhetoric Scratching the Surface of Obama’s Education Rhetoric

From drop-outs to teachers, dId the president’s State of the Union school reform proposals make any sense?

Jan 25, 2012 / Blog / Dana Goldstein

Kill the Internet—and Other Anti-SOPA Myths Kill the Internet—and Other Anti-SOPA Myths

Hollywood didn’t do itself proud with the anti-piracy bills. But in their fervor to defeat them, the self-proclaimed defenders of Internet freedom got a lot of things wrong.

Jan 24, 2012 / Danny Goldberg

The Problem With Mitt Romney’s Tax Rate

The Problem With Mitt Romney’s Tax Rate The Problem With Mitt Romney’s Tax Rate

It's not Romney’s fault that he pays lower taxes than cops and teachers. It’s his fault that he wants to keep it that way.

Jan 24, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

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