Lee Fang Takes on the Corporatization of American Schools Lee Fang Takes on the Corporatization of American Schools
A network of conservative politicians, lobbyists and corporate interests are attempting to privatize public education through "virtual schooling."
Nov 29, 2011 / Press Room
Berkeley Faculty Votes to Condemn Chancellor for Police Violence Berkeley Faculty Votes to Condemn Chancellor for Police Violence
A nearly unanimous vote at our greatest public university.
Nov 29, 2011 / Jon Wiener
NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played NBA Lockout Ends and Players Get Played
Remove the bells and whistles, and the NBA Lockout was about little more than owners stealing money from the players' pockets.
Nov 28, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Free Speech for Government Employees Free Speech for Government Employees
A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.
Nov 28, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper Pepper-Spray Cop Begets Pepper-Spray Shopper
And the 1 percent is pleased.
Nov 27, 2011 / Leslie Savan
‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’ ‘Dear Jenny: I Fired Your Mom and Put You to Work to Help You “Rise.” Love, Newt’
Yes! A new ad campaign rips Gingrich’s cruel proposal to fire janitors and replace them with child labor.
Nov 25, 2011 / John Nichols
Thanks for What? Thanks for What?
On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of the harvest as one in three Americans descends into poverty.
Nov 24, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Nov 23, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Melissa Harris-Perry: Colorado Personhood Amendment ‘Goes Too Far’ Melissa Harris-Perry: Colorado Personhood Amendment ‘Goes Too Far’
Two weeks after Mississippi's infamous "personhood" amendment was soundly defeated, anti-abortion activists have revived the legislation in Virginia and Colora...
Nov 22, 2011 / Press Room
Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes? Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?
The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we rea...
Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams