How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force
What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.
Aug 5, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Say ‘Shabbat Shalom’ Jennifer Say ‘Shabbat Shalom’ Jennifer
Eric on Jennifer Rubin's deepening hypocrisy, and Reed on the media's "shark week"-esque debt-ceiling coverage.
Aug 5, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
The Media Deficit: MSM Ignores Debt Deal’s Effect on Real People The Media Deficit: MSM Ignores Debt Deal’s Effect on Real People
By letting the GOP set the terms of the debate (just like in Iraq!), Beltway media can overlook reality.
Aug 4, 2011 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt
Despite Hosni Mubarak's support for their sport, Egyptian squash players now show no sympathy for the fallen dictator.
Aug 4, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums? Stadium Status: Why Are Taxpayers Funding Billionaires’ Stadiums?
A hilarious, incisive look at taxpayer-funded stadiums.
Aug 4, 2011 / Video / The Nation
As Texas Gambles $250 Million, New Jersey Takes a Safer Route As Texas Gambles $250 Million, New Jersey Takes a Safer Route
The costs of bringing Formula One racing back to the United States.
Aug 4, 2011 / Marc Kilstein
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories
Every week, Nation interns cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 4, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
‘Fifty Years in the Global Village’: Remembering Marshall McLuhan on His 100th Birthday ‘Fifty Years in the Global Village’: Remembering Marshall McLuhan on His 100th Birthday
His writing anticipated our own media age of Facebook and Twitter.
Aug 4, 2011 / Lived History / William F. Baker
Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn
Times columnist Frank Bruni ignores the dramatic toll the economic downturn has taken on women.
Aug 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe
Matt Damon, Arne Duncan and the Divisive Teacher-Quality Debate Matt Damon, Arne Duncan and the Divisive Teacher-Quality Debate
Last weekend, two very different speeches on the future of the teaching profession made news.
Aug 3, 2011 / The Notion / Dana Goldstein