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Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building

Dozens of student activists disrupted a Senate committee hearing Thursday, then occupied the Senate office building for eight hours demanding a referendum on how to resolve Chile...

Oct 21, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America

Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...

Oct 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future

Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future

Ten years into the US occupation of Afghanistan, how can we effectively and humanely end an unwinnable war?

Oct 19, 2011 / The Nation

Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America Bernie Sanders: Creating a Progressive America

 Why is poverty invisible in the US?

Oct 17, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change

Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change Nation Conversations: Liliana Segura and Laurie Penny on Hacktivism and Social Change

From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, 2011 will be remembered as a year of youthful mass movements and popular revolts—none of which could have occurred without the surreptit...

Oct 15, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14)

 Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out most everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nationinterns try to cut through the echo chambe...

Oct 14, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Slide Show: Occupy America—Nine Occupied Cities

Slide Show: Occupy America—Nine Occupied Cities Slide Show: Occupy America—Nine Occupied Cities

Reports from cities in revolt.

Oct 14, 2011 / The Nation

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Tell us what this photo is about!

Oct 13, 2011 / The Nation

Creating a Progressive America Creating a Progressive America

In a collaboration between The Nation and On The Earth Productions, progressive luminaries discuss the current state of affairs, the potential for a national escalat...

Oct 12, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11)

 Read about this week's important stories around the world, and leave your comments. 

Oct 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

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