‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Whistleblower?’: White House Targets ‘Insider Threats’ Among Federal Workers ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Whistleblower?’: White House Targets ‘Insider Threats’ Among Federal Workers
New protocols seek to identify potential whistleblowers and to monitor all contacts with journalists. What happens to the public's right to know?
Jan 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Remembering Jean Benson Wilkinson: 1914 to 2010 Remembering Jean Benson Wilkinson: 1914 to 2010
A tribute to a longtime defender of civil liberties and a beloved teacher.
Jan 5, 2011
Are We Running Out of Oil? Are We Running Out of Oil?
Dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health. But we'll be in even deeper trouble when the world's supply of oil begins to run out.
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Peak Oil and a Changing Climate Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
In a new video series from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, leading environmental thinkers Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and more weigh in on...
Jan 5, 2011 / The Nation
A New START Towards Nuclear Sanity A New START Towards Nuclear Sanity
The herculean effort required to win Senate ratification of a modest arms reduction treaty is a stark reminder of how tough it will be to reach more far-reaching agreements on nuc...
Jan 3, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
To Do List for 2011: Join, March, Organize and Write for Detente, Diplomacy, Disarmament To Do List for 2011: Join, March, Organize and Write for Detente, Diplomacy, Disarmament
Veteran peace campaigner Lee Brown, dead at age 80, is best honored by maintaining her ardent activism in a new year with plenty of old challenges.
Jan 2, 2011 / John Nichols
In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk
Despite the president's peomise to protect a free and open Internet, his FCC chair has engineered a Net Neutrality rule change that gives telecommunications corporations openings t...
Dec 31, 2010 / John Nichols
Slide Show: The Progressive Honor Roll 2010 Slide Show: The Progressive Honor Roll 2010
"The year 2010 will not be remembered as a halcyon year for progressives," writes John Nichols in his Progressive Honor Roll for this year. "But in such years the truest believers and battlers stand out all the more clearly, and patterns are set for the victories of the years to come." Here, then, are the Most Valuable Progressives of 2010 and the groundwork they're laying for 2011.
Dec 30, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell The Fight For Civil Rights Beyond Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Civil rights issues will be central to the success or failure of the Obama presidency.
Dec 23, 2010 / Press Room