Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes
In the run up to this year's Tax Day, hundreds of protesters ascended on a Bank of America branch to demand that big banks pay their fair share of taxes and stop foreclosures.
Apr 20, 2011 / The Nation
Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone Video: Revisiting Chernobyl’s Nuclear Dead Zone
On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine exploded, precipitating the worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, on the twenty fifth anniversar...
Apr 20, 2011 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation
What’s the Best Protest Song Ever? What’s the Best Protest Song Ever?
Tell us what you consider the all-time best protest song.
Apr 19, 2011 / The Nation
Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World? Will Social Media Democratize the Arab World?
Al Jazeera English's Ahmed Shihab-Eldin explains how social media facilitates political movements in the Arab world.
Apr 18, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders Slide Show: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders
The budget agreement that President Obama lashed together late last week in the face of a government shutdown will take away billions of dollars in federal funding from vital publi…
Apr 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse Rob Hopkins: How Climate Change Puts Globalization in Reverse
To confront climate change we need an alternative economic model that emphasizes the local. This will come as a shock to many, but haven't the last 50 years of globalization also b...
Apr 12, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Marcy Wheeler: Is the Department of Defense Leak-Proof? Marcy Wheeler: Is the Department of Defense Leak-Proof?
If the information that Bradley Manning allegedly leaked is so sensitive, why has DOD not taken basic security measures to protect their databases?
Apr 12, 2011 / The Nation
A Voice Fighting for the Creative Expression of Palestinian Youth has Been Lost A Voice Fighting for the Creative Expression of Palestinian Youth has Been Lost
Juliano Mer-Khamis, a leading figure in Palestinian for creative nonviolent resistance, was killed last week. In this clip, Mer-Khamis describes the work of the theater he founded ...
Apr 11, 2011 / The Nation
Anand Gopal: How Egyptians Took Over Tahrir Square Anand Gopal: How Egyptians Took Over Tahrir Square
When Egyptians took over their city, they created a new order of cooperation.
Apr 11, 2011 / The Nation
From The Archive: Five Pieces by James Baldwin From The Archive: Five Pieces by James Baldwin
The publication of The Cross of Redemption is an occasion to revisit some of the many fine essays and reviews written for The Nation by Baldwin, who was a member of the magazine's...
Apr 11, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation