Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline Bill McKibben: Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a national concern after almost two weeks of the largest civil disobedience that the environmental movement has seen in decades.
Aug 31, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches
Of last year’s 100 highest-paid US CEOs, twenty-five took home more in compensation than their company paid in 2010 federal income taxes. As a new report by the Institute for…
Aug 31, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation and Institute for Policy Studies
Melissa Harris-Perry: Dick Cheney’s Book Is Revisionist Melissa Harris-Perry: Dick Cheney’s Book Is Revisionist
Cheney has a somewhat deluded sense of recent history.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / MSNBC
Slide Show: Medical Marijuana and the Seniors Who Rely on It Slide Show: Medical Marijuana and the Seniors Who Rely on It
The biggest users of our medical system are senior citizens, and it should therefore come as no surprise that when medical marijuana first became available in California, seniors w…
Aug 30, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation and Steve LaBadessa
Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience Gar Alperovitz: The Environmental Movement’s Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience is a transformation of consciousness, a sudden revelation that something new must be done.It is the knowledge that there are two options: disrupt and change the ...
Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity Gar Alperovitz: America’s Massive Wealth Disparity
In the United States, the richest 400 people own more collective wealth than the bottom 150 million. As Alperovitz puts it, this is quite literally medieval.
Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Three Poems by Rae Armantrout Three Poems by Rae Armantrout
"Framing," "Soft Money," "Accounts"
Aug 29, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Rae Armantrout
A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row A Life in the Balance: Troy Davis on Death Row
Troy Davis is one of thousands who face execution for crimes they may not have committed.
Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation
Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor Cheri Honkala: No American Should Be Poor
Human rights activist and anti-poverty pioneer Cheri Honkala speaks about America's wealth distribution at this year's Democracy Convention.
Aug 29, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
John Nichols: Get With the Program, Obama John Nichols: Get With the Program, Obama
Democrats who run on clear platforms of standing with workers, defending public education and taxing corporations win elections.
Aug 29, 2011 / Countdown