From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 16, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Poll Dancing Poll Dancing
Eric on Richard Thompson and Reed on the flawed history of polling.
Feb 16, 2012 / Eric Alterman
Occupying the SEC for a Stronger Volcker Rule Occupying the SEC for a Stronger Volcker Rule
In a public comment to the SEC, an Occupy working group details troubling loopholes in the Volcker Rule, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill.
Feb 16, 2012 / Rachel Signer
Jeremy Scahill: How US Counterterrorism Efforts Ignited an Islamist Uprising in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: How US Counterterrorism Efforts Ignited an Islamist Uprising in Yemen
Have US counterterrorism operations in Yemen actually strengthened the threats they were designed to eliminate?
Feb 16, 2012 / Press Room
Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap Rich Republicans Say Birth Control Is Cheap
Conservative millionaires and billionaires don’t see any need for health insurance to cover birth control when aspirin is cheaply available.
Feb 16, 2012 / Ben Adler
Jeremy Scahill: Militant Blowback in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: Militant Blowback in Yemen
What role and responsibility does the United States have for the situation in Yemen?
Feb 16, 2012 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Women’s Health Is a New Front in the GOP’s War on Obama Katrina vanden Heuvel: Women’s Health Is a New Front in the GOP’s War on Obama
In the Republican frenzy to take down Obama, women and their health have become collateral damage.
Feb 16, 2012 / Press Room
Honduras in Flames Honduras in Flames
The horrific prison fire in Comayagua is only the latest deadly outcome of the larger politically driven firestorm that is post-coup Honduras today.
Feb 16, 2012 / Dana Frank
Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed Republican Hearing on Contraception: No Women Allowed
Republicans are holding a hearing on contraceptive access this morning, but don’t expect to hear from any women.
Feb 16, 2012 / George Zornick
John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising
Early 2011 was a dark time for the American left, until the Wisconsin protests began.
Feb 16, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas