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Gabriel García Márquez's Clandestine in Chile; Jaron Lanier's You Are Not a Gadget; Roger Lowenstein's The End of Wall Street

Jun 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Key Dem Stalls Administration’s Push for More Afghan War Money Key Dem Stalls Administration’s Push for More Afghan War Money

Appropriations Committee chair David Obey says he will withhold action on supplemental spending request until action is taken to meet domestic needs.

Jun 16, 2010 / John Nichols

Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis

Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis Video: 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 / Press Room

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

Rape and Spillage Rape and Spillage

What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? And why be surprised that the oil conglomerates are also in bed with their pretend Washington regulators?

Jun 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem

Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem

For the first time, the US has been included in its own report on countries that are sites of human trafficking.

Jun 15, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann

How Archaic Is US Education? How Archaic Is US Education?

On Florida public radio, Nation authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Philissa Cramer discuss the ways the US can equalize its education resources and teacher training.

Jun 14, 2010 / Press Room

What Progressives Can Learn from Arkansas What Progressives Can Learn from Arkansas

On The Ed Show, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel says that labor's money wasn't wasted in Arkansas.

Jun 11, 2010 / Press Room

The Pain of FauxFeminist Populism The Pain of FauxFeminist Populism

Are monied women now running for office going to put their tight-fist fiscal conservativism or their faux feminism first?

Jun 10, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Job Number 1—Jobs

Job Number 1—Jobs Job Number 1—Jobs

Obama's recovery plan halted the economic free fall. But the labor market has not recovered.

Jun 9, 2010 / The Editors

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