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What Democracy Looks Like What Democracy Looks Like

On a Saturday in June, workers, students and allies of UNITE HERE Local 217’s downtown Providence hotels marched in solidarity with gay rights activists in the Rhode Island P...

Oct 12, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia At Claremont Institute, Christine O’Donnell Was Taught ABCs of Homophobia

The real story of Christine O'Donnell's time at the Claremont Institute is how thoroughly she absorbed its viciously antigay politics.

Oct 12, 2010 / Kathryn Joyce

The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics The Road Ahead for Progressives: Back to Basics

For all the supposed preparation progressives did for a return to political power, we haven’t figured out how to relate to an actual government. If progressives cannot "...

Oct 11, 2010 / Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava

US Makes Gains for Human Rights in Geneva US Makes Gains for Human Rights in Geneva

A year after joining the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Obama administration is making an impact. But if Democrats lose control of Congress in November, a new round of i...

Oct 11, 2010 / Barbara Crossette

At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues At Tea Party Convention, Lou Dobbs Avoids Immigration Issues

Most of the 2,800 Tea Partiers at a two-day convention in Virginia either hadn’t heard of or didn’t care about the controversy over Lou Dobbs's reliance on the labor of...

Oct 11, 2010 / Laura Stampler

Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s ‘The Last Word’ Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s ‘The Last Word’

In an exclusive, two-part debate between Lou Dobbs and The Nation's Isabel Macdonald on MSNBC's The Last Word, host Lawrence O'Donnell declares Dobbs on trial for hypocrisy in ...

Oct 8, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers? ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers?

The Nation's Isabel Macdonald says that the millions of undocumented workers in this country cannot seek economic and social justice until they feel safe coming out of the shad...

Oct 8, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers? ABC World News Asks, Did Lou Dobbs Hire Undocumented Workers?

The Nation's Isabel Macdonald says that the millions of undocumented workers in this country cannot seek economic and social justice until they feel safe coming out of the shadow...

Oct 8, 2010 / Video / ABC World News with Diane Sawyer

Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s The Last Word Lou Dobbs and Isabel Macdonald Face Off on MSNBC’s The Last Word

In an exclusive, two-part debate between Lou Dobbs and The Nation's Isabel Macdonald on MSNBC's The Last Word, host Lawrence O'Donnell declares Dobbs on trial for hypocrisy in the ...

Oct 8, 2010 / Video / Press Room

Lou Dobbs’s Documents Problem Lou Dobbs’s Documents Problem

Without undocumented immigrants, just who would look after Lou Dobbs's properties?

Oct 7, 2010 / Video / The Nation

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