Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy Jon Wiener on John Lennon’s Political Legacy
Thirty years after the singer's death, The Nation's Jon Wiener asks: how did John Lennon make the transition from pop icon to political figure?
Dec 6, 2010 / CNN
Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism
Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. Me...
Dec 3, 2010 / GRITtv
Conversation: Ari Berman and Karen Finney on WikiLeaks and the Lame Duck Session Conversation: Ari Berman and Karen Finney on WikiLeaks and the Lame Duck Session
The Democrats were trying to get the focus back on the parts of their agenda that could actually get through the lame duck Senate this week—that is, until the latest Wiki...
Dec 3, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret US War in Pakistan Jeremy Scahill: WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Secret US War in Pakistan
When Jeremy Scahill reported on a secret US war in Pakistan last year, the Pentagon called his article "conspiratorial." But now, says Scahill on Democracy Now!, ...
Dec 3, 2010 / Democracy Now!
Greg Mitchell and Chris Hayes Examine the WikiLeaks Outrage Greg Mitchell and Chris Hayes Examine the WikiLeaks Outrage
On MSNBC's Countdown, Greg Mitchell and Chris Hayes ask, has WikiLeaks' Julian Assange really endangered lives?
Dec 3, 2010 / Countdown
The Breakdown: Will States Lead on Single-Payer Healthcare Reform? The Breakdown: Will States Lead on Single-Payer Healthcare Reform?
The Washington Post's Ezra Klein joins Chris Hayes to discuss whether a new bipartisan proposal in the Senate could pave the way for states to adopt single-payer healthcare systems...
Dec 2, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Commentary: Dave Zirin on Notre Dame’s Rogue Football Team Commentary: Dave Zirin on Notre Dame’s Rogue Football Team
After two avoidable deaths and an accusation of sexual assault by a Notre Dame player, it’s past time that the storied football squad had its program suspended.
Dec 1, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service? Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service?
WIth the latest diplomatic cables dump from WikiLeaks sending waves throughout the political and media worlds, the organization's activities are raising questions such as, is rel...
Nov 30, 2010 / The Joy Behar Show
Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’ Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga: ‘I was a Republican!’
How did Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga, founder and publisher of the Daily Kos—the largest progressive community blog in the United States—go from a Reagan-lov...
Nov 30, 2010 / Brave New Conversations
Nation Conversations: Ari Berman, Tim Egan and Eli Sanders on the Democrats’ Future Nation Conversations: Ari Berman, Tim Egan and Eli Sanders on the Democrats’ Future
For Berman, Obama's grassroots victory in 2008 built heavily on the fifty-state electoral strategy which Howard Dean pursued as DNC chairman. But in a political climate far differe...
Nov 30, 2010 / The Nation