The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown” The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown”
Republicans say again and again that they're defending small government and private property, but when the hot air settles the real winner is corporate America, too often at th...
Jun 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Greg Grandin on BP, Beck and Ongoing Troubles in Latin America Greg Grandin on BP, Beck and Ongoing Troubles in Latin America
NYU professor and Nation writer Greg Grandin on GRITtv discussing Honduras, Colombia and Glenn Beck's "particular brand of Americanism that can't escape a tourette-like refere...
Jun 18, 2010 / GRITtv
Why Does Glenn Beck Hate the World Cup? Why Does Glenn Beck Hate the World Cup?
Beck rejects soccer because his idealized 'real America'—in all its monochromatic glory—rejects it as well, says Nation sports editor Dave Zirin.
Jun 18, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Gasland: A Filmmaker’s Journey Through the Horrors of Natural Gas Drilling Gasland: A Filmmaker’s Journey Through the Horrors of Natural Gas Drilling
A gripping new film documents the long-overlooked dangers of a new and unregulated natural gas drilling technology known as “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing.
Jun 18, 2010 / HBO
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / MSNBC
BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis
On The Ed Show, Katrina vanden Heuvel says that Obama needs to realize that BP's mess is "more than an oil spill, more than an oil crisis. It's also an economic crisis."
Jun 16, 2010 / The Ed Show
Video From Aboard the Gaza Flotilla Video From Aboard the Gaza Flotilla
Activist and filmmaker Iara Lee was aboard the Mavi Marmara on May 31 when the vessel was raided by the Israel Defense Forces. Though her camera and equipment were confiscated, she...
Jun 15, 2010 / The Nation
Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders
In the market for a private army? Jeremy Scahill says you can probably buy Blackwater from Erik Prince for cheap.
Jun 15, 2010 / GRITtv
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...
Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV