Don’t Have Sex—You Will Get Pregnant and Die Don’t Have Sex—You Will Get Pregnant and Die
Sexuality education in the United States has evolved to teach everything besides sex itself.
Aug 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller
Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery Melissa Harris-Perry: Voters Are Crying Out for Economic Recovery
Melissa Harris-Perry argues that the debt deal will only make it more difficult for the federal government to foster the economic recovery the American people so desperately want.
Aug 2, 2011 / MSNBC
Meet Erick Erickson, the New-Media Rush Limbaugh Meet Erick Erickson, the New-Media Rush Limbaugh
Although unknown to many liberals, Red State’s Erick Erickson is an exemplar of the new right-wing media activists pushing the GOP to extremes.
Aug 2, 2011 / Ben Adler
Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal Slide Show: The 8 Biggest Winners and Losers of the Debt Ceiling Deal
The Senate passed a debt deal today that will raise the debt ceiling into 2013 and reduce government spending by $2.5 trillion. Now that the bill has been signed into law by Presid…
Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing Slide Show: Hiroshima’s Aftermath: Lost Images of the First Atomic Bombing
This month marks the 66th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon during wartime. But have we in this country ever understood the full consequences of its use? …
Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution
The first images of Egyptians flooding Cairo’s Tahrir Square this January captivated people around the world, long before anyone knew the protesters would actually topple the…
Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts
Yesterday, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed the Illinois DREAM Act into law.
Aug 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Micah Uetricht
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit Katrina vanden Heuvel: Debt Deal Exposes America’s Democratic Deficit
The political and economic elite are drifting further and further away from the rest of the country.
Aug 2, 2011 / The Diane Rehm Show
UN Action on Syria Likely UN Action on Syria Likely
Syria is not Libya, say the French, and the US can’t (and shouldn’t) do anything militarily.
Aug 2, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal Winners and Losers in Congress’s Debt Deal
The Nation's Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Last Word describes how Barack Obama might have made the debt ceiling and eventual debt deal more of a compromise and less of a concessi...
Aug 2, 2011 / Press Room