For the First Time Ever, They Had a Revolution… For the First Time Ever, They Had a Revolution…
Let's keep Washington Bullets in mind thinking about Egypt.
Feb 12, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Ramona Steps Down Ramona Steps Down
Ramona Ripston, who is stepping down after forty years as the head of the ACLU of Southern California, transformed the meaning of civil liberties.
Feb 11, 2011 / Jon Wiener
Undocumented Immigrants Stand Up to Chipotle Undocumented Immigrants Stand Up to Chipotle
Last month six hundred employees at the fast food chain were fired in Minnesota. Their only crime was working.
Feb 11, 2011 / David Bacon
Calling Out the Climate Cranks Calling Out the Climate Cranks
It’s time to unmask those who are holding our nation's climate policy hostage.
Feb 11, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
This Week at TheNation.com: Triumph in Egypt This Week at TheNation.com: Triumph in Egypt
Coverage and analysis of Egypt's uprising. Plus: A Nation conversation.
Feb 11, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Remembering Reagan’s Record on Civil Rights and the South African Freedom Struggle Remembering Reagan’s Record on Civil Rights and the South African Freedom Struggle
To Ronald Reagan, the apartheid regime in South Africa was a valuable cold war ally.
Feb 11, 2011 / Pedro Noguera and Robert Cohen
Revolution 2.0: The People of Egypt Win a ‘Media War’ Revolution 2.0: The People of Egypt Win a ‘Media War’
Like Google Executive and activist Wael Ghonim said, if you want to liberate a sociey, just give them the Internet. The Internet helps you fight the media war.
Feb 11, 2011 / John Nichols
Credit Obama, Not the Bush Administration, for Seeds of the Egyptian Revolution Credit Obama, Not the Bush Administration, for Seeds of the Egyptian Revolution
The Egypt pro-democracy movement has much more in common with the grassroots, bottom-up Obama campaign than the Bush admininistration's barrel of a gun “freedom agenda.&rdquo...
Feb 11, 2011 / Ari Berman
All Alter-Review Slacker Friday All Alter-Review Slacker Friday
Reviewing two shows in the Lincoln Center's "American Songbook" series, plus the Cowboy Junkies.
Feb 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
How Cyber-Pragmatism Brought Down Mubarak How Cyber-Pragmatism Brought Down Mubarak
In facilitating smart organizing, the Internet emboldened Egyptian activists.
Feb 11, 2011 / Sam Graham-Felsen