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Join the Election Protection Coalition Join the Election Protection Coalition

In the face of a wave of GOP-inspired efforts to enact draconian voter suppression bills in pivotal swing states, the Election Protection coalition plans to recruit 10,000 voluntee...

Oct 19, 2012 / NationAction

Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman Mitt Romney’s Economic Hitman

Mark the name of R. Glenn Hubbard, the man who will make your life miserable if Mitt Romney is elected president.

Oct 19, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012)

This week: Planned Parenthood and poverty, the unnamed favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and much more.

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Watch the Foreign Policy Presidential Debate with The Nation! Watch the Foreign Policy Presidential Debate with The Nation!

This Monday, October 22, at 9 pm join Nation writers and readers for live fact-checking and analysis during the foreign policy presidential debate.

Oct 19, 2012 / The Nation

Won’t You Please Come to Ohio… Won’t You Please Come to Ohio…

To function in a post-truth political environment, the press needs a post-objectivity mindset.

Oct 19, 2012 / Eric Alterman

One Billion Rising One Billion Rising

One billion women violated is an atrocity. One billion women—and men—dancing is a revolution.

Oct 19, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville

The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville The Strangest Rodeo Show in Nashville

Nashville understands something crucial about “kickass” women: they’re professionals first.

Oct 19, 2012 / Michelle Dean

Binders of Terror Binders of Terror

Why Republicans are so hung up on words.

Oct 19, 2012 / Leslie Savan

This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty This Week in Poverty: What We Talk About When We Talk About Poverty

In the second presidential debate, Governor Romney used the word poverty without saying anything of substance about it. President Obama didn’t use the word at all but managed...

Oct 19, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality Ashindi Maxton: America’s Founding Inequality

From the founding of the republic, inequality has been built into our country’s DNA.

Oct 19, 2012 / Laura Flanders

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