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Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights

Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

Sep 17, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the GOP’s War Against Women’s Rights

Five Republican Senate nominees recently announced that they do not support a woman's right to an abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

Sep 17, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show

The State of the Student Left The State of the Student Left

Highlights from a panel from the US Social Forum on the politics of the contemporary American student Left.

Sep 17, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Rojas

Familiar Fairytales Familiar Fairytales

 

Sep 16, 2010 / Eric Alterman

DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week

DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week

Senators decide next week if hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people will get a path to citizenship. Student activists are mobilizing to convince them to say yes.

Sep 16, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Franzenfreude, Continued

Franzenfreude, Continued Franzenfreude, Continued

Literary taste-making can't be the one place in America where gendered expectations play no role.

Sep 15, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

WikiLeaks and Hacktivist Culture

WikiLeaks and Hacktivist Culture WikiLeaks and Hacktivist Culture

WikiLeaks is not the one-off creation of a solitary genius, and with or without Julian Assange, it is not going away.

Sep 15, 2010 / Feature / Peter Ludlow

Conversation: Naomi Klein on Building an Independent Progressive Movement

Conversation: Naomi Klein on Building an Independent Progressive Movement Conversation: Naomi Klein on Building an Independent Progressive Movement

"We have to build that independent left," Klein says. "It has to be so strong and so radical and so militant and so powerful that it becomes irresistible."

Sep 15, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV

World Cup Hangover Hits South Africa World Cup Hangover Hits South Africa

In post–World Cup South Africa, the party's over: massive strikes and rapid erosion of the World Cup spirit speak to a serious political crisis facing scandal-plagued Preside...

Sep 14, 2010 / Dave Zirin and Daniel Bloom

Slide Show: Rally Against Islamic Center Sullies Day of Remembrance Slide Show: Rally Against Islamic Center Sullies Day of Remembrance

Sep 14, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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