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What Are You Doing for 10/10/10? Send Us Your Pictures!

What Are You Doing for 10/10/10? Send Us Your Pictures! What Are You Doing for 10/10/10? Send Us Your Pictures!

This Sunday, thousands of concerned citizens from around the world will be celebrating climate solutions and pressing governments for change. The Nation wants your images of events...

Oct 6, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: One Nation Working Together March

Slide Show: One Nation Working Together March Slide Show: One Nation Working Together March

On Saturday, October 2, exactly one month before voters head to the polls for the midterm elections, tens of thousands of progressive activists from across the country converged at…

Oct 4, 2010 / The Nation

Marching with One Nation, Working Together? Send Us Your Pictures!

Marching with One Nation, Working Together? Send Us Your Pictures! Marching with One Nation, Working Together? Send Us Your Pictures!

Submit shots from this Saturday's One Nation, Working Together march to The Nation's Flickr stream—we might use them in our slide show of the event!

Sep 30, 2010 / The Nation

Nation Conversations: Richard Trumka on Labor’s Challenges Nation Conversations: Richard Trumka on Labor’s Challenges

A talk with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka on the state of the labor movement and plans for the future.

Sep 27, 2010 / The Nation

The 2010 Nation Student Writing Contest

The 2010 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2010 Nation Student Writing Contest

Read the high school and college winners plus ten finalists, all writing personally about how budget cuts have affected their education.

Sep 27, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation

Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice

Fatima Bhutto, standing where her father was killed by police in Pakistan, on how her memoir was the only way to seek justice for the violence done to her family.

Sep 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo A Conversation with Greenpeace’s Kumi Naidoo

Naidoo talks about disappointments at Copenhagen, coalition-building among progressive organizations and the uncomfortable truth about consumption and quality of life.

Sep 24, 2010 / The Nation and Kumi Naidoo

The Nation’s Guide to Election 2010 The Nation’s Guide to Election 2010

Scroll through The Nation's coverage of hot races, contentious issues and exciting candidates.

Sep 21, 2010 / The Nation

Whom Did We Miss?

Whom Did We Miss? Whom Did We Miss?

Peter Dreier's list of fifty people who pushed America to be more progressive during the twentieth century leaves much room for debate. Please let us know whom we missed.

Sep 21, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: Rally Against Islamic Center Sullies Day of Remembrance Slide Show: Rally Against Islamic Center Sullies Day of Remembrance

Emotions ran high in lower Manhattan on September 11, 2010, with two competing protests—separated by a few city blocks and tight lines of police—debating the fate of th…

Sep 14, 2010 / The Nation

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