Van Jones at Netroots Nation: ‘Don’t Mess With Our Values’ Van Jones at Netroots Nation: ‘Don’t Mess With Our Values’
In a fiery keynote address at the Netroots Nation 2011 convention in Minneapolis, Van Jones called for a renewed progressive movement that is unafraid to assert its values. ...
Jun 20, 2011 / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Time to Abandon Our ‘War-Footing’ Mentality Katrina vanden Heuvel: Time to Abandon Our ‘War-Footing’ Mentality
Politicians are finally catching up with the American people by questioning our continued involvement in Afghanistan.
Jun 20, 2011 / MSNBC
The Breakdown: Can Any Candidate Keep the GOP Together? The Breakdown: Can Any Candidate Keep the GOP Together?
Can the fractious elements of the Republican party—from tea party fanatics to fiscal hawks and the religious right—come together behind a single candidate?
Jun 17, 2011 / Chris Hayes
What the WikiLeaks Diplomatic Cables Reveal About Haiti What the WikiLeaks Diplomatic Cables Reveal About Haiti
Despite a veneer of red cross assistance and earthquake relief volunteers, it seems that a new cold war is developing in Haiti, this time between the north and south of the western...
Jun 17, 2011 / WNYC
Jillian C. York: Using ‘National Security’ Concerns to Hide Internet Censorship Jillian C. York: Using ‘National Security’ Concerns to Hide Internet Censorship
At the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Jillian C. York discusses WikiLeaks and the censorship of expression on the Internet.
Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation
Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions? Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions?
Dense cities are a lot more energy efficient than decentralized sprawl, argues Harvard professor and urban advocate Edward Glaeser.
Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
Ari Berman: What Are the Structural Barriers to Progressive Success? Ari Berman: What Are the Structural Barriers to Progressive Success?
How can progressives push government to be of, by and for the people, rather than for the privileged few?
Jun 17, 2011 / Free Speech TV
Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Dana Goldstein on the Future of Higher Education Nation Conversations: Betsy Reed and Dana Goldstein on the Future of Higher Education
Our colleges and universities have never been truly open to everyone. But against the backdrop of a worsening high school drop-out rate and rising student debt burdens for those wh...
Jun 16, 2011 / The Nation
Live Streaming: Netroots Nation 2011 Live Streaming: Netroots Nation 2011
Watch Nation writers and editors live from the 2011 Netroots Nation conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jun 16, 2011 / The Nation
How Birthright Israel Works its Magic How Birthright Israel Works its Magic
Birthright, the American Zionist organization that sends young diaspora Jews on free vacations to the Holy Land, relies on an overload of information and fun in the sun to accompli...
Jun 16, 2011 / The Nation