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This (Past) Week: Coverage of Occupy Wall Street. PLUS: Anita Hill, Then and Now This (Past) Week: Coverage of Occupy Wall Street. PLUS: Anita Hill, Then and Now

 This week, The Nation's coverage of Occupy Wall Street. Plus, a special tribute to Anita Hill, twenty years later.

Oct 10, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street as Shock Resistance Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street as Shock Resistance

The youth and those who are not so young participating in Occupy Wall Street deserve support, not scorn.

Oct 7, 2011 / Press Room

99 and a Half Just Won’t Do… 99 and a Half Just Won’t Do…

 Alterman pitches big-ticket holiday items and reads the mail, Reed covers the coverage on Occupy Wall Street. 

Oct 7, 2011 / Eric Alterman

Naomi Klein: Will Occupy Wall Street Mark the Rebirth of the Left? Naomi Klein: Will Occupy Wall Street Mark the Rebirth of the Left?

Does the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has now spread from lower Manhattan to places as far flung as Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, signal a new beginning for the left?

Oct 7, 2011 / Press Room

Video: At Occupy Wall Street, America’s Long Progressive Tradition Continues

Video: At Occupy Wall Street, America’s Long Progressive Tradition Continues Video: At Occupy Wall Street, America’s Long Progressive Tradition Continues

Contrary to the mainstream media's coverage, you don't need to be unemployed, homeless or in need of medication to pull the night shift at Occupy Wall Street.

Oct 6, 2011 / Jin Zhao and Teresa Cotsirilos

Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now

Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now

The task of our time is to insist that we can afford to build a decent society—while at the same time, respect the real limits to what the earth can take.

Oct 6, 2011 / Naomi Klein

Michael Moore at #OccupyWallStreet Michael Moore at #OccupyWallStreet

‘This is a historic day.’

Oct 6, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’

The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...

Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

Naomi Klein: The Mainstream Media Has Dropped the Ball on Occupy Wall Street Naomi Klein: The Mainstream Media Has Dropped the Ball on Occupy Wall Street

Since they can no loner ignore the occupation, the mainstream media has decided to mock and dismiss it instead.

Oct 6, 2011 / Press Room

Occupation Nation Goes to Washington

Occupation Nation Goes to Washington Occupation Nation Goes to Washington

The Wall Street protesters have created the template for an ambitious new occupation in the nation’s capital.

Oct 6, 2011 / Nathan Schneider

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