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This Week: A National Look at Voting Rights. PLUS: Remembering Gore Vidal This Week: A National Look at Voting Rights. PLUS: Remembering Gore Vidal

This week, a national look at voting rights courtesy of Voting Rights Watch 2012, a Nation and Colorlines.com partnership. Plus, we remember Gore Vidal's life and work, and editor-...

Aug 5, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day

The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day

Since when did giving millions of dollars to already wealthy corporations become a protest?

Aug 4, 2012 / Cord Jefferson

Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America

WikiLeaks revealed a Latin America dominated by American intervention and meddling. 

Aug 3, 2012 / Press Room

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Pussy Riot and the Two Russias Pussy Riot and the Two Russias

Lost in the coverage of the group’s struggle is the sobering reality of the country’s deep divisions.

Aug 2, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gore Vidal and the Unfinished American Revolution Gore Vidal and the Unfinished American Revolution

A literary lion who ran for Congress and the Senate, Vidal was a displaced American founder in the tradition of Shays’ Rebellion. 

Aug 1, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Lee Fang: It’s Not About the CEO, It’s That Chick-fil-A Supports Discrimination Lee Fang: It’s Not About the CEO, It’s That Chick-fil-A Supports Discrimination

A company that supports hate runs the risk of being told that it’s not welcome.

Jul 31, 2012 / Press Room

The Pussy Riot Trial Begins: Feminist Activists Take on Putin The Pussy Riot Trial Begins: Feminist Activists Take on Putin

Three members of Pussy Riot, a group of Russian feminist activists that has challenged the Kremlin, went on trial in Moscow Monday.

Jul 31, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Full Employment is Possible! Robert Pollin (VIDEO) Full Employment is Possible! Robert Pollin (VIDEO)

The world’s best president could roll back every last anti-organizing law and set organizers on a mission to sign up every last employed American. Still, the standing pool ...

Jul 30, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Liberal Defenders of Chick-Fil-A Unwittingly Defend Corporate Personhood [Updated] Liberal Defenders of Chick-Fil-A Unwittingly Defend Corporate Personhood [Updated]

Why are some liberals misrepresenting the debate and claiming corporations have First Amendment rights?

Jul 30, 2012 / Lee Fang

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