The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State
The role of the left should not be to uphold or defend a government increasingly at odds with the interests of the people, but to change it, drastically and from the ground up.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich
UN Women Agency Must Confront Wartime Violence UN Women Agency Must Confront Wartime Violence
Anticipating the appointment in the next few weeks of the highest-level United Nations official ever to promote the rights and status of women worldwide, peace advocates are dema...
Aug 10, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Tell the President to Use Executive Powers to Combat Climate Change Tell the President to Use Executive Powers to Combat Climate Change
The President could easily implement comprehensive climate-change legislation without Congressional approval.
Aug 10, 2010 / Rosamund Hunter
Save Net Neutrality Save Net Neutrality
The end of the internet as we know it?
Aug 6, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill We Have Yet to See the Biggest Costs of the BP Spill
The full extent of the damage from the BP disaster will not be known for years, but if we are to learn anything now, we must confront the question: What are the true costs of ...
Aug 5, 2010 / Raj Patel
Tell Target to Stop Supporting Anti-LGBT Bigotry Tell Target to Stop Supporting Anti-LGBT Bigotry
Best Buy and Target are helping fund an antigay political action committee.
Aug 4, 2010 / Sara Haji
California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8 California Overturns Anti-Gay Prop 8
California's infamous anti-gay Prop 8 has been overturned! In this recent related slideshow, The Nation looks at the status of major gay rights issues including marriage, and the o...
Aug 4, 2010 / The Nation
Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities
One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.
Aug 4, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
Conversation: Charles Komanoff and David Roberts on the Death of the Climate Bill Conversation: Charles Komanoff and David Roberts on the Death of the Climate Bill
The Senate climate bill has been defeated. But does this open a window for us to rally behind better solutions to global warming?
Aug 2, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Baseball Fans Rally Against Arizona Immigration Law Baseball Fans Rally Against Arizona Immigration Law
The nationwide boycott of the Arizona law has hit the sports arena: demonstrators outside ball parks in cities across the country are demanding that baseball owners move the 2011...
Jul 30, 2010 / Press Room