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A-Rod and Accountability in Baseball’s Steroid Era A-Rod and Accountability in Baseball’s Steroid Era

Only six players in the history of baseball have hit 600 home runs and Alex Rodriguez is one hit away from being the seventh. So why aren't fans making this a big deal?

Jul 29, 2010 / Press Room

A-Rod and Accountability in Baseball’s Steroid Era A-Rod and Accountability in Baseball’s Steroid Era

Only six players in the history of baseball have hit 600 home runs and Alex Rodriguez is one hit away from being the seventh. So why aren't fans making this a big deal?

Jul 28, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

A Wedge Against Tyranny A Wedge Against Tyranny

Franklin Roosevelt v. the Supreme Court.

Jul 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Slide Show: Arizona’s Immigration Battles

Slide Show: Arizona’s Immigration Battles Slide Show: Arizona’s Immigration Battles

Immigrants—perennial scapegoats for fear-mongers on the American right—have been blamed for everything from overpopulation to unemployment and even for rising emission…

Jul 28, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Conversation: Lynn Harris & Elizabeth Miller on Reproductive Coercion Conversation: Lynn Harris & Elizabeth Miller on Reproductive Coercion

Understanding reproductive coercion "turns on its head the myth that it's always women who trick their boyfriends into getting them pregnant," says Lynn Harris.

Jul 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers

Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers

What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth.

Jul 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Americans with Disabilities Did the Impossible Americans with Disabilities Did the Impossible

 "Civil rights laws do not self-enforce, " said Marca Bristo, "They only come to life when enlightened citizens…push the envelope."

Jul 27, 2010 / Laura Flanders

StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment StudentNation: Making an Educated Investment

In a society where a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma and a master’s degree is the new bachelor’s, the issue of college affordability is a common ...

Jul 27, 2010 / StudentNation / Melanie Breault

Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Afghanistan After WikiLeaks Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Afghanistan After WikiLeaks

New documents released by WikiLeaks paint a still more chilling picture of the war in Afghanistan. Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the WikiLeaks revelations, Andrew Breitbart'...

Jul 27, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Peace activist Daniel Ellsberg receives Dresden Peace Prize

Dan Ellsberg on WikiLeaks & the Essential Democratic Question: Who Will Tell the People? Dan Ellsberg on WikiLeaks & the Essential Democratic Question: Who Will Tell the People?

Pentagon Papers player sees "immediate parallels" between those who now leak details of Afghanistan and Iraq Wars and what he did during Vietnam.

Jul 27, 2010 / John Nichols

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