Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline Madeline Ostrander: How Nebraskans Defeated the Keystone XL Pipeline
The grassroots victory shows that concern for fundamental issues such as health and clean water transcends party politics.
Feb 2, 2012 / The Nation
Transpartisan Politics on the Plains Transpartisan Politics on the Plains
The Keystone fight showed ordinary Nebraskans their power. Will their unlikely alliance stick?
Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander
Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild Help Peaceful Uprising Rebuild
The grassroots environmental group Peaceful Uprising recently discovered that it was one of 200 nonprofit projects that have been financially wiped out in an astonishing act of ap...
Jan 26, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government
The coming big storms facing our planet can only be tackled by strong governments.
Jan 26, 2012 / Christian Parenti
Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement Fracking Gets Its Own Occupy Movement
Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.
Jan 23, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow
John Nichols: America’s ‘People Power Moment’ John Nichols: America’s ‘People Power Moment’
Although the media do not know how to cover protest movements well, they do know how to cover elections. This will serve the Wisconsin recall effort well.
Jan 19, 2012 / Press Room
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories (1/18) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories (1/18)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Jan 19, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
On the Plains, a Rare Chance at Trans-Partisan Politics On the Plains, a Rare Chance at Trans-Partisan Politics
In Nebraska, the Keystone XL fight opened up the sense that ordinary citizens with little money could wield political influence. Can the improbable alliance stick together?
Jan 12, 2012 / Madeline Ostrander
Can Long Beach Prove that Bikes Are Good for Business? Can Long Beach Prove that Bikes Are Good for Business?
Bucking its reputation as a city addicted to the automobile, Long Beach, California, establishes the nation’s first officially “bike-friendly” business districts.
Jan 11, 2012 / Mark Hertsgaard
Vermont vs. Vermont Yankee Vermont vs. Vermont Yankee
Should states or the rubber-stamp NRC decide whether nuclear plants continue to operate?
Jan 11, 2012 / Feature / Michael Blanding