The Breakdown: Why Is the NRA So Powerful? The Breakdown: Why Is the NRA So Powerful?
Democrats have repeatedly conceded defeat on gun control issues and now would rather get out of the NRA's way than anger it. Christopher Hayes and Robert Spitzer investigate how th...
Jul 1, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Wanted: One GOP Vote for Unemployment Benefits Wanted: One GOP Vote for Unemployment Benefits
Failure to extend unemployment benefits is a problem created by both the GOP and the democratic Congress, Laura Flanders and Tim Carney explain on The Ed Show, guest hosted by Chri...
Jul 1, 2010 / The Ed Show
Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran
Esther Kaplan, Editor of the Nation Institute's Investigative Fund, argues that investigative journalism has played a vital role in unearthing just how and where the three American...
Jun 30, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Nation Conversations: Jeff Blum on the Battle for Healthcare Nation Conversations: Jeff Blum on the Battle for Healthcare
USAction's Jeff Blum argues that progressives need to embrace Obama's healthcare reform as a major victory for the social justice movement: "We actually established a new r...
Jun 29, 2010 / The Nation
Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment Judges Are Called Judges Because They Use Their Judgment
Guest-hosting The Ed Show, Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes examines the GOP's farcical cross-examination of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.
Jun 29, 2010 / The Ed Show
Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age Slide Show: The Nation in the Nuclear Age
Since the detonation of the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945, The Nation has been appropriately fearful of the singular devas…
Jun 29, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof? Dean Baker: Financial Reform or Lack Thereof?
Dean Baker, co-director of the Center on Economic Policy Research, says that though Obama's financial reforms may ultimately result in greater transparency in the way banks and ...
Jun 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd Slide Show: The Life of Senator Robert Byrd
Senator Robert C. Byrd, who passed away Monday, June 28 at the age of 92, turned away from the unholiest of beginnings to a very long career as one of Congress’s greatest Con…
Jun 28, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Leadership A Star-Studded Panel Discusses Obama’s Leadership
Obama needs to win the deficit vs. investment battle in order to stop joblessness from leaving deep scars in our country, Katrina vanden Heuvel tells Fareed Zakaria.
Jun 28, 2010 / CNN
Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran” Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran”
“We never walked into Iran,” the three American hikers who have been detained in Iran since July 2009 say during a televised interview last month.
Jun 28, 2010 / iReport