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Palin’s “Mamma Grizzlies” Video is No Obama “Yes We Can” Palin’s “Mamma Grizzlies” Video is No Obama “Yes We Can”

Is Sarah Palin's video a preview for a possible campaign in 2012? Nation correspondent Ari Melber explains why she hasn't crossed over into social media organizing just yet.

Jul 16, 2010 / Audio / To The Point

More Kabuki-ism More Kabuki-ism

Responses to Eric's marathon Obama article and an open letter to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jul 15, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Tea Partyers in Wonderland Tea Partyers in Wonderland

Who really wins out when the government's spending? Often, it's the rich.

Jul 15, 2010 / Editorial / Barbara Koeppel

The Big Green Buy

The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

How Prepared Are We for the Next Great Flu Breakout? How Prepared Are We for the Next Great Flu Breakout?

Why we're losing the war against influenza.

Jul 15, 2010 / John M. Barry

Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program Switzerland’s Polanski Protection Program

I'd like to get away with a crime, too. How great a writer do I have to be to have the Swiss government protect me?

Jul 15, 2010 / Blog / Katha Pollitt

The Trouble With Amazon

The Trouble With Amazon The Trouble With Amazon

It's big, cheap and convenient. But does the online bookseller really serve readers' interests?

Jul 15, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Colin Robinson

Grisly Mamas

Grisly Mamas Grisly Mamas

Conservative housewives have the same desire for power and respect that liberal women do. No wonder women comprise half of the Tea Party movement.

Jul 14, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Katrina Is Not a Metaphor

Katrina Is Not a Metaphor Katrina Is Not a Metaphor

When we reduce the devastating hurricane to fiction—even really good fiction—we risk making it little more than a trope.

Jul 14, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly

Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly Sarah Palin, Paper Grizzly

Even after all the "lamestream media" coverage, new data shows Sarah Palin's "Mama Grizzlies" video was largely ignored by her supporters and watched mostly by ...

Jul 14, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Melber

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