Slide Show: Remembering Those We Lost in 2010 Slide Show: Remembering Those We Lost in 2010
A few of the notable individuals who contributed to the progressive tradition in American life.
Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation
The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth
How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.
Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: The Attack on Arizona’s Gabrielle Giffords Slide Show: The Attack on Arizona’s Gabrielle Giffords
This Saturday, a gunman, identified by the press as 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, walked up to the parking lot of a Tucson supermarket and shot US Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford…
Jan 10, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Slide Show: A Secret Archive: Images From the Mexican Suitcase Slide Show: A Secret Archive: Images From the Mexican Suitcase
In the spring of 1942, three years after the fall of Spain to Franco’s Nationalists, a suitcase containing an archive of 4,500 negatives of photographs of the Spanish Civil W…
Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Lived History Lived History
How you can help us pay tribute to the dearly departed who have made significant contributions to bettering our world.
Jan 6, 2011 / The Nation
Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies
New school superintendent gives the city sixty days to terminate ethnic studies program.
Jan 6, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Are We Running Out of Oil? Are We Running Out of Oil?
Dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health. But we'll be in even deeper trouble when the world's supply of oil begins to run out.
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Peak Oil and a Changing Climate Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
In a new video series from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, leading environmental thinkers Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and more weigh in on...
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation
The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform
This session, the Senate has a chance to fix the filibuster—a reform we've been championing for years. Read our coverage by Christopher Hayes, Thomas Geoghegan, Senator Tom H...
Jan 4, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Meet New Committee Chairs Working on Energy, Education, Labor Slide Show: Meet New Committee Chairs Working on Energy, Education, Labor
Now that the Republicans have regained control of the House, chairmanships for many House committees previously headed by Democrats have fallen into Republican hands. How important…
Jan 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation