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Activists Around the US Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage

Activists Around the US Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage Activists Around the US Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage

At a time when 4.5 million Americans make at or below the minimum wage, a broad coalition unites to demand better pay. 

Aug 10, 2012 / Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Voting Suppression Schemes and How They’re Being Challenged Voting Suppression Schemes and How They’re Being Challenged

Voters are turned away because of confusion in Michigan, purges take hold in New Mexico and Iowa, and Voter ID is challenged in Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Aug 10, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege

Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege Slide Show: Syria’s Zabadani, A City Under Siege

Zabadani, located 20 miles northwest of Damascus near the Lebanese border, was once a popular summer destination for tourists from the Gulf. Seventeen months after the Syrian revol…

Aug 10, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Forgive Those Who Press Pass Against Us? Forgive Those Who Press Pass Against Us?

Reed dissects the the journalistic equivalent of mortal sins.

Aug 10, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Did Islamophobia Fuel the Oak Creek Massacre?

Did Islamophobia Fuel the Oak Creek Massacre? Did Islamophobia Fuel the Oak Creek Massacre?

The anti-Muslim hate that might have fueled the the Oak Creek murderer is more widespread than you think.

Aug 10, 2012 / Moustafa Bayoumi

Talk About Poverty (#TalkPoverty): Peter Edelman’s Questions for Obama and Romney Talk About Poverty (#TalkPoverty): Peter Edelman’s Questions for Obama and Romney

We’ve got questions about poverty, and it’s time for the presidential candidates to give us some answers. Peter Edelman kicks off a new series at TheNation.com.

Aug 10, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

The University That’s Eating New York! The University That’s Eating New York!

A new book takes on “NYU and the Destruction of New York.”

Aug 9, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Ari Berman: Can Obama Win in North Carolina, Again?

Ari Berman: Can Obama Win in North Carolina, Again? Ari Berman: Can Obama Win in North Carolina, Again?

The state that Obama won in 2008 is far from a sure thing this time around.

Aug 9, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover

Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover Steve Wasserman: Amazon.com’s Takeover

As a bookseller, Amazon has left no corner of the publishing world untouched. What will happen as it ventures into publishing original content?  

Aug 9, 2012 / The Nation

John Nichols: Could Paul Ryan Be the Next Dick Cheney? John Nichols: Could Paul Ryan Be the Next Dick Cheney?

Picking Ryan for VP would mean signing over the presidency to another puppet master.

Aug 9, 2012 / Press Room

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