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Colbert Challenges the Poverty Deniers Colbert Challenges the Poverty Deniers

Stephen Colbert, with the help of Nation friend Peter Edelman, takes on right-wing poverty deniers with integrity and humor.

Jul 28, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

‘No’ Was All He Said… ‘No’ Was All He Said…

Eric in the wilds of an Allman Brothers show, and Reed on the media's amazing ability to pamper conservatives.

Jul 28, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy

How can President Obama break through Republican gamesmanship and prevent a debt crisis?

Jul 28, 2011 / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP Wants to Sabotage the Economy

How can President Obama break through Republican gamesmanship and prevent a debt crisis?

Jul 28, 2011 / MSNBC

Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes

Far from piquing interest in female sports, hyper-sexualized media images actually serve to suppress interest in—and respect for—women’s sports.

Jul 28, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes

Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes Slide Show: David Remnick, Ralph Nader, Cecile Richards on Their Sports Heroes

For The Nation's special Sports Issue, we asked a distinguished group of writers, thinkers and advocates to pay tribute to their favorite sports heroes growing up. The result is a package of moving mini-essays all expressing, in their own way, a feeling many of us share: pure love of the game. The following slide show illustrates our writers' heros with excerpts from each tribute. Click the links in each slide to read the full tributes.

Jul 28, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

The ‘Right-Wing Nutters’ Who Are Pushing the Country to the Brink

The ‘Right-Wing Nutters’ Who Are Pushing the Country to the Brink The ‘Right-Wing Nutters’ Who Are Pushing the Country to the Brink

Tea Party groups have wielded enormous power in the debt ceiling debate, despite a long history of crackpot theories and dirty politics. 

Jul 28, 2011 / George Zornick

The Rise of the Austerity Hawk Democrats The Rise of the Austerity Hawk Democrats

President Obama has successfully used the bully pulpit to undermine the case for progressive governance.

Jul 28, 2011 / Ari Berman

Playing Ball With the Pentagon Playing Ball With the Pentagon

At Fenway Park, a look at the changing relationship between sports and the American military. 

Jul 28, 2011 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Boehner Says Economic Hostage-Takers Have Infiltrated the House GOP Caucus Boehner Says Economic Hostage-Takers Have Infiltrated the House GOP Caucus

The Speaker admits that some Republicans want to create chaos in order to blackmail Democrats into passing a balanced budget amendment.

Jul 27, 2011 / John Nichols

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