This Week: A Jobs Agenda. PLUS: 2012 Heats Up This Week: A Jobs Agenda. PLUS: 2012 Heats Up
This week, I argue for bold action on jobs. We’re in Ames, Iowa for Saturday’s straw poll. Newly appointed MSNBC host Chris Hayes pens his final column as DC editor. An...
Aug 12, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
HBO’s Gloria Steinem Doc Glosses over Race, and Fails to Assess the Second Wave’s Legacy HBO’s Gloria Steinem Doc Glosses over Race, and Fails to Assess the Second Wave’s Legacy
Gloria Steinem and Second Wave feminism deserve a far more sophisticated and critical treatment.
Aug 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Dana Goldstein
The London Olympics and the London Riots The London Olympics and the London Riots
It aint exactly Shakespeare, but it is actually what happened earlier this week as the London Olympic Committee staged a beach volleyball exhibition as fires engulfed the cit...
Aug 12, 2011 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
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 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Slide Show: 12 Parties of Europe’s Far-Right Resurgence Slide Show: 12 Parties of Europe’s Far-Right Resurgence
Right-wing gunmen like Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik are a rarity in postwar Europe, Ian Buruma explains in his article in this week’s issue of The Nation. But the na…
Aug 11, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race? How Will Religion Influence the 2012 Presidential Race?
Why is religion featuring so prominently in the Republican presidential race? What happened to jobs?
Aug 11, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Sex, Lies and Michael Bloomberg Sex, Lies and Michael Bloomberg
New York City's mandate to provide sex education in public schools is the perfect manifesto for comprehensive sexuality education—but will it be held accountable?
Aug 11, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller
A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch A 24/7 Spotlight on Murdoch
We need to regain and sustain that momentum If we are to have an independent, fearless and incorruptible media, we have to investigate the Murdochization of our media and politics ...
Aug 10, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Europe’s Turn to the Right Europe’s Turn to the Right
What is the link between the Norway killer’s actions and the ideas he espoused?
Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Ian Buruma
Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So Can Teachers Alone Overcome Poverty? Steven Brill Thinks So
The journalist blames teachers unions, not economic inequality, for students’ failure to achieve.
Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Dana Goldstein