Want Some Basic Human Dignity with that Burrito? Want Some Basic Human Dignity with that Burrito?
In recent years, Taco Bell and Burger King have foolishly resisted efforts by activists to marginally raise the piece rate they pay tomato pickers only to eventually buckle under ...
Jul 29, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Send Karl Rove to Jail Send Karl Rove to Jail
Karl Rove has spent a career putting politics before due process, democracy and civil rights. So it's not surprising that when recently faced with a subpoena from Congress, Rove r...
Jul 22, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
South Dakota Showdown South Dakota Showdown
I've blogged in the past about efforts in South Dakota to impose draconian restrictions on women's reproductive rights. Falling short of their ultimate goal of overriding Roe v. W...
Jul 21, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Honoring the Next Generation Honoring the Next Generation
The final piece of the first season of This Brave Nation, the Brave Nation Young Activist Award was designed to celebrate a next generation of progressive activism. A collaborat...
Jul 17, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Standing Up to FISA Standing Up to FISA
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel's recent post explained why The Nation has joined with the ACLU in a lawsuit filed in the US District Court of New York challengi...
Jul 15, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Tide is Turning on Big Media Tide is Turning on Big Media
The Senate voted in overwhelming numbers recently to reject an FCC ruling that would unleash a new wave of media consolidation across America. Spurred by a grassroots campaign by ...
Jul 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Of House and Home Of House and Home
Kai Wright's moving Nation cover story from last week's issue of the magazine put a human face on the subprime mortgage foreclosure crisis and illuminated a little remarked upon a...
Jul 3, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Save Jeff Wood Save Jeff Wood
Many of you were among the more than 17,000 outraged citizens who successfully petitioned Texas Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last year demanding ...
Jun 30, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Brave Nation Outtakes Brave Nation Outtakes
The fifth episode of the Brave Nation series featuring Naomi Klein and Tom Hayden is being released this Sunday. Take an exclusive sneak peek at author, activist and Nation colum...
Jun 27, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The DSM-V and Kenneth Zucker The DSM-V and Kenneth Zucker
In May, the American Psychiatric Association announced the makeup of the team responsible for revising the fifth (and latest) edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...
Jun 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg