The Future of Education Reform The Future of Education Reform
NYU senior scholar Deborah Meier speaks with Pedro Noguera, guest editor of The Nation's special education issue, about the challenges facing the country's education system.
Jun 25, 2010 / The Nation
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
With conservatives increasingly shaping educational policies in states such as Arizona and Texas, The Nation's Melissa Harris-Lacewell wonders whether progressives are in danger of...
Jun 25, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Americans are Hooked on War Americans are Hooked on War
War has become the norm and "our world has become so oblivious to it," says Tom Engelhardt. “There’s a mindset that goes with American war making, and it&rsqu...
Jun 25, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Government Hasn’t Learned From Blackwater Mistakes Government Hasn’t Learned From Blackwater Mistakes
The private defense operation formerly known as Blackwater—now called Xe—has cleaned up its act about as much as BP has cleaned up the Gulf, says Jeremy Scahill.
Jun 25, 2010 / Countdown
Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate Economic Anxiety and the Gay Marriage Debate
Proposition 8, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and Civil Unions? Nation Senior Editor Richard Kim and writer Reihan Salam talk it all out on Bloggingheads.tv.
Jun 24, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Bloggingheads
Labor’s Convoluted Future Labor’s Convoluted Future
The Nation's Max Fraser and Michael Whitney of Firedoglake join Laura Flanders to deconstruct the ways in which labor's long-term alliance with the Democratic party is in troubl...
Jun 24, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Find a Political Solution in Afghanistan, Not a Military One Find a Political Solution in Afghanistan, Not a Military One
Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel tells Ed Schultz that McChrystal's departure gives Obama an opening for changing the trajectory of the American presence in Afghan...
Jun 24, 2010 / The Ed Show
In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril
In the two months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, millions of gallons of oil have gushed out of BP's well into the water each day, slowly encroaching on the coastline. Fau...
Jun 24, 2010 / Avi Lewis
Reconsidering Deep-Sea Oil Drilling Reconsidering Deep-Sea Oil Drilling
America isn't the only country reassessing their deep-sea oil drilling. The Nation's Michael Klare speaks to Jeb Sharp of PRI's The World about the globe's major oil reserves and w...
Jun 24, 2010 / The World
US Hikers Seized by Iranian Police in Iraqi Territory US Hikers Seized by Iranian Police in Iraqi Territory
Senior Editor Richard Kim on CNN explaining The Nation's breaking revelation that three American hikers detained by the Iranian military almost a year ago were unlawfully captured ...
Jun 24, 2010 / CNN