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Clues to a Peace Strategy Clues to a Peace Strategy

With Obama's re-election campaign on the horizon, how can peace activists change the political calculus on the Afghan war?

Jan 14, 2011 / Tom Hayden

Obama’s DOJ Continues Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage Obama’s DOJ Continues Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage

Yes, it’s 2011, but Obama’s Department of Justice is still fighting to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that defines marriage as being the legal union o...

Jan 14, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven

In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threat...

Jan 14, 2011 / Press Room

Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven

In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threats ...

Jan 14, 2011 / Democracy Now!

Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress

Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress

As Republicans gear up to challenge Obama's healthcare reform legislation, former insurance executive Potter explains how the move to repeal is a smokescreen for the health insuran...

Jan 14, 2011 / The Nation

This Week at TheNation.com: Tragedy in Arizona This Week at TheNation.com: Tragedy in Arizona

Tragedy in Arizona.  Plus, Greg Mitchell live-blogs the WikiLeaks for nearly fifty days.

Jan 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

This day in history, Alan Lomax and a message from Gershom Gorenberg.

Jan 14, 2011 / Eric Alterman

The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard?

The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard? The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard?

Congressman Ron Paul is a supporter of it. Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner had a sick obsession with it. What would happen if the United States switched back to the gold standar...

Jan 14, 2011 / Chris Hayes

Antichoice at the End of Life Antichoice at the End of Life

Just after Christmas, the "death panel" meme was resurrected by healthcare opponents who worked the same network that has been fighting legal abortion since the 1970s.

Jan 13, 2011 / Ann Neumann

Widening Concern for Public Workers Widening Concern for Public Workers

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died in Memphis where he was showing support for the right of public employees to organize and strike.  We remember this, during a time when public...

Jan 13, 2011 / Laura Flanders

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