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Egypt’s Activists: Where Will the Money Come From? Egypt’s Activists: Where Will the Money Come From?

The same free-market policies that drained Egypt's finances and widened the gap between rich and poor over the past several years are now being proposed to reinvigorate the economy...

Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation

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Jul 16, 2011 / The Nation

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories

The stories  the mainstream media is missing. 

Jul 15, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Reporting From Somalia

Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Reporting From Somalia Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Jeremy Scahill on Reporting From Somalia

During his time in Somalia, Scahill discovered that the CIA is becoming increasingly involved in "counterterrorism" operations in the country.

Jul 15, 2011 / The Nation

The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List

The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List The Nation Readers’ Summer Books List

Isaac Asimov, Raymond Carver, Angela Davis and more. Find out what books our readers are poring over this summer and let us know what's on your list.

Jul 15, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: Rupert Murdoch’s ‘News of the World’ Scandal in Pictures

Slide Show: Rupert Murdoch’s ‘News of the World’ Scandal in Pictures Slide Show: Rupert Murdoch’s ‘News of the World’ Scandal in Pictures

With the announcement that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has dropped its bid for full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, the media mogul’s once-sturdy corpor…

Jul 13, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

‘The Nation’ Takes on Rupert Murdoch ‘The Nation’ Takes on Rupert Murdoch

Highlights from over three decades of Nation coverage of Murdoch and his global empire.

Jul 13, 2011 / The Nation

Slide Show: Tracking the CIA in Somalia

Slide Show: Tracking the CIA in Somalia Slide Show: Tracking the CIA in Somalia

“In the eighteen years since the infamous ‘Black Hawk Down’ incident in Mogadishu,” The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill writes in an exclusive report in this…

Jul 12, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers

Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers Slide Show: Inside the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddily Built, Searingly Hot and Toxic Haiti Trailers

Jul 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that its time for the President to take a leadership role on the debt ceiling and invoke the 14th amendment.

Jul 8, 2011 / The Nation

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