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The Third Carbon Age

The Third Carbon Age The Third Carbon Age

Don’t for a second imagine we’re heading for an era of renewable energy.

Aug 8, 2013 / Michael T. Klare

Bill de Blasio for Mayor

Bill de Blasio for Mayor Bill de Blasio for Mayor

His candidacy is an opportunity for New Yorkers to reimagine their city in boldly progressive ways.

Aug 8, 2013 / The Editors

Our American Summer: Jackie Robinson, Riley Cooper, and White People Boycotting ‘Ebony’

Our American Summer: Jackie Robinson, Riley Cooper, and White People Boycotting ‘Ebony’ Our American Summer: Jackie Robinson, Riley Cooper, and White People Boycotting ‘Ebony’

Three different sports stories share the common thread of reflecting the racism that's surfaced in the Summer of 2013.

Aug 8, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Walmart Gets Desperate Walmart Gets Desperate

The country's largest employer tried to compare the wages of their long-term employees to the stipends of Nation interns. The Daily Beast bought their spin.

Aug 7, 2013 / The Nation

Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate?

Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate? Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate?

A series of gun bills are sitting on the desk of the New Jersey governor, who likes to project a law-and-order image, but who is ever-mindful of national Republican politics as he ...

Aug 7, 2013 / George Zornick

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama Ceded to the ‘Anti-Russian Lobby’

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama Ceded to the ‘Anti-Russian Lobby’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama Ceded to the ‘Anti-Russian Lobby’

Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke on a panel on MSNBC's NOW with Alex Wagner​ this morning to debate the reasons for and consequences of Obama's decisions and where Edward S...

Aug 7, 2013 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’

Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’

Nation editor-in-chief Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke on MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner about the Republican Party’s “suicidal course” and argued that the GOP is...

Aug 7, 2013 / Press Room

ALEC’s Illegal Past?

ALEC’s Illegal Past? ALEC’s Illegal Past?

Unsurprisingly, the modern American Legislative Exchange Council was born in sin—with a sketchy tax dodge designed to let it front as a “non-political” organizati...

Aug 7, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Reminiscing About ‘The Washington Post’

Reminiscing About ‘The Washington Post’ Reminiscing About ‘The Washington Post’

In the wake of the news that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post, William Greider looks back on the paper’s glory days.

Aug 7, 2013 / William Greider

ALEC Convention Met With Protests in Chicago

ALEC Convention Met With Protests in Chicago ALEC Convention Met With Protests in Chicago

A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups is making it clear that ALEC isn’t welcome in the union town.

Aug 7, 2013 / Micah Uetricht

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