Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks
The former British diplomat recounts his own whistleblowing and the benefits and dangers of the WikiLeaks dipomatic cables dump.
Jan 19, 2011 / The Nation
When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change When Risk-taking Becomes Too Costly: Naomi Klein on Climate Change
Choosing to ignore climate change is the highest-stake gamble we are currently in.
Jan 18, 2011 / TED
Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven
In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threats ...
Jan 14, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress
As Republicans gear up to challenge Obama's healthcare reform legislation, former insurance executive Potter explains how the move to repeal is a smokescreen for the health insuran...
Jan 14, 2011 / The Nation
The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard? The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard?
Congressman Ron Paul is a supporter of it. Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner had a sick obsession with it. What would happen if the United States switched back to the gold standar...
Jan 14, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil
Klein reports from the Gulf of Mexico on how the very real effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilspill are still being felt.
Jan 13, 2011 / Big Noise Films and The Nation
The Mystery of the Black Goo The Mystery of the Black Goo
Why is a slimy substance made up of dead plankton and other organisms coating the floor of the Gulf of Mexico?
Jan 12, 2011 / Big Noise Films and The Nation
Eric Alterman Reacts to the Arizona Shooting and Discusses ‘Kabuki Democracy’ Eric Alterman Reacts to the Arizona Shooting and Discusses ‘Kabuki Democracy’
Eric Alterman, columnist for The Nation, and the author of the new book Kabuki Democracy: The System vs. Barack Obama, appeared on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show to comment on the shooti...
Jan 11, 2011 / The Brian Lehrer Show
The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth
How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.
Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech Arizona Faces ‘Lethal Combination’ of Guns and Hate Speech
Jeff Biggers appears on Democracy Now! to talk about the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords in Arizona, what it was like to grow up in a "gun state,"&nb...
Jan 10, 2011 / Democracy Now!