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Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb? Sean Combs’s New Channel: Comcast’s Crumb?

Comcast’s new minority-owned channels are the direct result of a deal cut with civil rights organizations. So where are the women’s channels?

Feb 24, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan Romney’s Irresponsible Tax Plan

Desperate to fend off Rick Santorum’s challenge from the right, Mitt released a plan to increase the deficit. 

Feb 24, 2012 / Ben Adler

This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest This Week in Poverty: Deal on Unemployment Benefits Leaves Out Poorest

Congress extended unemployment benefits, but it’s no good for those who’ve been jobless the longest.

Feb 24, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something GOP Debate: Birth Control = Gun Control… or Something

At the Republicans’ Arizona debate, held a couple hours from where Gabby Giffords was shot, no one raised the issue of gun control.

Feb 23, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo Sarah Wildman: Pioneering Magazine ‘+972’ Challenges the Status Quo

What makes +972 such a unique magazine with an extraordinary ability to shake up conventional ideas about Israel and Palestine?

Feb 23, 2012 / The Nation

Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage

Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage

As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.

Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Occupy Colleges and the 2012 Election

Occupy Colleges and the 2012 Election Occupy Colleges and the 2012 Election

"The youth didn't lose energy, we lost our leader."

Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park

What made the Wisconsin protests revolutionary?

Feb 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park

John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park

What made the Wisconsin protests revolutionary?

Feb 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22)

Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

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