How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S
With university fees rising, general social budgets disappearing and the youth unemployment rate over 50 percent, it is no wonder that many young people in Spain feel cheated.
Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Julia RamÃrez Blanco
Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike
Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.
Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism Ed Miliband’s New Left Populism
As mood music, Miliband’s invocation of “One Nation Labour” is already a hit.
Oct 8, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
Crisis in Iran Crisis in Iran
Not every scenario coming out of Iran's economic crisis is a good one.
Oct 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (10/5/12) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (10/5/12)
This week: waste in the Department of Homeland Security, Obama's turn on child soldiers and much more.
Oct 4, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Turkey’s NATO Trap for Obama Turkey’s NATO Trap for Obama
The president needs his famous cool in the Syria crisis.
Oct 4, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Shut Up About the Jews Already… Shut Up About the Jews Already…
How right-wing Jewish organizatons misrepresent both the views and the influence of American Jews.
Oct 3, 2012 / Column / Eric Alterman
Transformation, Still Incomplete, Sweeps Burma Transformation, Still Incomplete, Sweeps Burma
Southeast Asia has not seen such a dramatic political shift in a generation or more.
Oct 2, 2012 / Barbara Crossette
Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia
The reverend sat down with The Nation to talk about his humanitarian trip to Africa and poverty in America.
Oct 2, 2012 / Richard Kreitner
Spain on the Brink Spain on the Brink
This short film tells the story of why so many people took to the streets in Madrid and follows these events as they unfolded.
Oct 1, 2012 / Peter Rothberg