Allison Kilkenny: Saving the Postal Service Without Privatizing It Allison Kilkenny: Saving the Postal Service Without Privatizing It
The post office has come under fire from fiscal hawks for running a $9 billion deficit, and the threats have now reached the point where the service could be closed in a matter of ...
Sep 12, 2011 / Countdown
Ari Berman: How the GOP Curtails Voting Rights Ari Berman: How the GOP Curtails Voting Rights
Across the country, the Republican party is trying to make it harder for the Democrats’ core constituencies to vote.
Sep 12, 2011 / Countdown
Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy
The congressman argues that just as war and poverty are twins, so are peace and prosperity.
Sep 12, 2011 / C-SPAN and Dennis Kucinich
Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years Fighting Bob Fest: Still Fighting After Ten Years
On September 17th, Chautauqua, Wisconsin will host its annual Fighting Bob Fest, a progressive, populist forum in the spirit of Wisconsin progressive hero Robert "Fighting Bob...
Sep 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later
When inmates at Attica took over the prison in September of 1971, they were fighting for their basic rights. But their demands were ultimately met with tear gas and bullets.
Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Liliana Segura
The Nation Remembers 9/11 The Nation Remembers 9/11
Ten years after September 11, 2001, we are still engaged in an unwinnable “War on Terror,” and have opened the door to a new vision of “normal”—a normal in which surveillance, dete...
Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds
Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia
The Shabab, the militant Islamist group with close ties to Al Qaeda, announced a “tactical retreat” from Mogadishu in August. But that doesn’t mean that peace has…
Sep 7, 2011 / The Nation
Video: Ten Years After 9/11 Video: Ten Years After 9/11
How has the United States changed? A Nation event at The New School
Sep 6, 2011 / The Nation
When Will the Right Stop Bashing Government Workers? When Will the Right Stop Bashing Government Workers?
We need to respect government workers' vital service as being separate from the corruption and bureaucracy that have tarnished Washington's reputation.
Sep 6, 2011 / Morning Joe
Protesters to Obama: Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline Protesters to Obama: Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline
Hundreds of people continue their nonviolent protest outside the White House, urging the president to say no to the potentially environmentally disastrous Keystone XL pipeline.&nbs...
Sep 2, 2011 / The Nation