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
Is Weinergate a Distraction? Is Weinergate a Distraction?
Weinergate reminds us that we need to elect politicians not just based on their policy positions, but on whether we trust their judgment, honesty and integrity as well.
Jun 16, 2011 / MSNBC
Three Poems by Devin Johnston Three Poems by Devin Johnston
"Set Apart," "Early April," "Marco Polo"
Jun 15, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Devin Johnston
Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann? Katrina vanden Heuvel: How Far Right Is Michele Bachmann?
The media has focused too much on Bachmann's self-styled image and not enough on the far-right policy positions and neo-McCarthy politics she has embraced as a member of Congress. ...
Jun 15, 2011 / The Ed Show
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Governor Walker’s Anti-Union Bill Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Governor Walker’s Anti-Union Bill
It's official—the high court of Wisconsin has re-instated Scott Walker's union-busting "Budget Repair Bill" as the law of the land.
Jun 15, 2011 / The Ed Show
Dan Sinker: How the Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter Account Is Influencing the Next Generation of Satire Dan Sinker: How the Fake Rahm Emanuel Twitter Account Is Influencing the Next Generation of Satire
The man behind the @MayorEmanuel Twitter account talks about writing a real-time novel with tweets and how social media networks are ushering in a new generation of satire.
Jun 14, 2011 / The Nation
Edward Glaeser: Have Cities Become America’s Ugly Stepchildren? Edward Glaeser: Have Cities Become America’s Ugly Stepchildren?
Harvard Professor Edward Glaeser argues that the country needs policies that create a "level playing field" between our deprived cities and the outlying suburban and rura...
Jun 14, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions