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What Fox News Lost in the 2012 Election What Fox News Lost in the 2012 Election

Conservative lawmakers aren't the only facing a demographic crisis: The GOP's favorite network has also suffered a significant loss of trust among its core conservative aud...

Feb 7, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Mixing It Up Mixing It Up

Some anagrams rock!

Feb 7, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today

Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today

No Congressional hearing has examined the secret expansion of targeted drone killings, but the senate has a chance to grill Obama's nominee for CIA director today.

Feb 7, 2013 / George Zornick

Is the Supreme Court Argument Over Gay Marriage Really All About Straight People?

Is the Supreme Court Argument Over Gay Marriage Really All About Straight People? Is the Supreme Court Argument Over Gay Marriage Really All About Straight People?

According to defenders of DOMA and Prop 8, the purpose of marriage is to entice wayward heterosexuals into committed family life.

Feb 7, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter

Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and the Power of Being an Ally

Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and the Power of Being an Ally Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and the Power of Being an Ally

A trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi, forced me to confront how far I’d go for someone else.

Feb 7, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz

A Millennial Vision for a Millennial America A Millennial Vision for a Millennial America

Since 2004, a dedicated group of young people have taken it upon themselves to ask deep, meaningful questions about the nature of American democracy.

Feb 7, 2013 / StudentNation / Erik Lampmann and StudentNation

Infiltrating ICE: How Undocumented Activists Are Organizing on the Inside

Infiltrating ICE: How Undocumented Activists Are Organizing on the Inside Infiltrating ICE: How Undocumented Activists Are Organizing on the Inside

Undocumented activist Marco Saavedra talks with The Nation's Francis Reynolds and Aura Bogado about the struggle to crack open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention cent...

Feb 7, 2013 / Francis Reynolds and Aura Bogado

The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone

The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone

Drones, surveillance towers, malls of the spy state and the national security police on the northern border.

Feb 7, 2013 / Todd Miller

Leo Gerard Is Rising

Leo Gerard Is Rising Leo Gerard Is Rising

To send labor supporters into their final week of preparing for One Billion Rising, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard recorded this special video message.

Feb 6, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Why Ending ‘Stand Your Ground’ Isn’t Enough to Prevent Another Trayvon Martin

Why Ending ‘Stand Your Ground’ Isn’t Enough to Prevent Another Trayvon Martin Why Ending ‘Stand Your Ground’ Isn’t Enough to Prevent Another Trayvon Martin

There's nothing natural about black boys dying at age 17. We have to stop acting as if there is. 

Feb 6, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

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