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
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
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
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