Greg Palast: We’re Not Running Out of Oil, Just Cheap Oil Greg Palast: We’re Not Running Out of Oil, Just Cheap Oil
To supply our demand for fuel, energy companies are searching for oil in more dangerous and expensive conditions, such as deep water.
Feb 24, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Protests In Pictures Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Protests In Pictures
Shortly after taking office in January, Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor, Scott Walker, began an attack on public workers, submitting a proposal to strip public employees…
Feb 18, 2011 / The Nation
Live Tweeting the Wisconsin Protests Live Tweeting the Wisconsin Protests
On-the-ground updates from Wisconsin protesters.
Feb 17, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem Nation Conversations: Jane McAlevey on Why Unions Are Not the Problem
Instead of giving in to the conservative campaign to demonize organized labor, progressives should push to secure higher benefits for all workers.
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution? Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution?
Egypt’s revolution, still unfolding, is not a leaderless one. At the core of the movement that turned out hundreds of thousands in Tahrir Square, in Cairo’s suburbs and…
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation
Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge Bill McKibben: Climate Change Is Our Most Urgent Challenge
The severe weather now reshaping how we live will only intensify if we ignore the damage we're doing to the planet.
Feb 16, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month
The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.
Feb 14, 2011 / The Nation
Faculty Support for UC Irvine Students Faculty Support for UC Irvine Students
One hundred faculty members at the University of California-Irvine signed a letter to the Orange County district attorney to drop charges against 11 students.
Feb 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor
This past November 30, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unceremoniously pulled David Wojnarowicz’s film A Fire in My Belly from an exhibit after complaints f…
Feb 9, 2011 / The Nation
Noam Chomsky: How Climate Change Became a ‘Liberal Hoax’ Noam Chomsky: How Climate Change Became a ‘Liberal Hoax’
The right has orchestrated a massive public relations campaign to discredit climate science and now a good number of Americans don't believe global warming is really happening.
Feb 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions