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Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline

The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a national concern after almost two weeks of the largest civil disobedience that the environmental movement has seen in decades.

Aug 31, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches

Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches

Of last year’s 100 highest-paid US CEOs, twenty-five took home more in compensation than their company paid in 2010 federal income taxes. As a new report by the Institute for…

Aug 31, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation and Institute for Policy Studies

Slide Show: Medical Marijuana and the Seniors Who Rely on It

Slide Show: Medical Marijuana and the Seniors Who Rely on It Slide Show: Medical Marijuana and the Seniors Who Rely on It

The biggest users of our medical system are senior citizens, and it should therefore come as no surprise that when medical marijuana first became available in California, seniors w…

Aug 30, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation and Steve LaBadessa

Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience

Civil disobedience is a transformation of consciousness, a sudden revelation that something new must be done.It is the knowledge that there are two options: disrupt and change the ...

Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity

In the United States, the richest 400 people own more collective wealth than the bottom 150 million. As Alperovitz puts it, this is quite literally medieval. 

Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row

Troy Davis is one of thousands who face execution for crimes they may not have committed.

Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation

Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor

Human rights activist and anti-poverty pioneer Cheri Honkala speaks about America's wealth distribution at this year's Democracy Convention.

Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Alan Lomax: A Life of Sound Alan Lomax: A Life of Sound

During the early twentieth century, Alan Lomax and his father John traveled throughout the American South searching for the work songs, spirituals and folk tales that gave the regi...

Aug 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation and Francis Reynolds

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Aug 25, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Nada Alwadi on Bahrain’s Government Crackdown Nation Conversations: Nada Alwadi on Bahrain’s Government Crackdown

During her time reporting on the protest movement, Alwadi was detained by authorities in Bahrain and forced to sign a statement saying that she wouldn't write about or engage in po...

Aug 25, 2011 / The Nation

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