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Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America

Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America Peter Kornbluh: How WikiLeaks Changed Latin America

The WikiLeaks cables not only uncovered extensive Washington influence in the region, it also ushered in a new age of investigative journalism.

Aug 2, 2012 / The Nation

What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans?

What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans? What Does Low-Cost Contraception Mean to Young Americans?

The answers are eye-opening and help give some sense of the enormity of the impact the ACA will have in many people's lives.

Jul 31, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Jul 27, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture? Jean Casella: Is Solitary Confinement Torture?

How does having too many postage stamps in prison land you alone in a bathroom-sized cell, 23 hours each day for a month?

Jul 26, 2012 / The Nation

In Tribute to Alexander Cockburn, 1941–2012

In Tribute to Alexander Cockburn, 1941–2012 In Tribute to Alexander Cockburn, 1941–2012

Nation writers and friends remember the great radical journalist.

Jul 23, 2012 / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/20/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/20/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.  

Jul 20, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

A Letter From the Next Generation of Nation Readers A Letter From the Next Generation of Nation Readers

What a fifth-grade class in Providence, Rhode Island learned from a Nation editorial.

Jul 16, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/12/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/12/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Jul 12, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Nation Interns’ Top Summer Books, 2012 Nation Interns’ Top Summer Books, 2012

What are Nation interns reading this summer and why?

Jul 10, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

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