Why Roger Ailes Watches Fox News on Mute Why Roger Ailes Watches Fox News on Mute
There is a revealing new profile of the man who led and personifies modern conservatives’ mastery of TV—Fox News’s Roger Ailes.
Jan 19, 2011 / Ari Melber
Rebel Journalist John Ross, the Master of Speaking Truth to Power, Is Dead Rebel Journalist John Ross, the Master of Speaking Truth to Power, Is Dead
American Book Award–winner, chronicler of indigenous struggles and proud radical, Ross wrote his own epitaph: "Life, like reporting, is a kind of death sentence. Pa...
Jan 18, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Alien Visitations Alien Visitations
In my childhood, the aliens were commies. Now, it's certainly Muslims or jihadists or Islamo-fascists.
Jan 18, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Extremist Killing is as American as Apple Pie Extremist Killing is as American as Apple Pie
Gunned down in Tucson, shot to death at the Pentagon and blown away at the Holocaust Museum, as well as in Wichita, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Brockton and Okaloosa County, F...
Jan 18, 2011 / Stephan Salisbury
Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven
In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threats ...
Jan 14, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Tragedy in Arizona Tragedy in Arizona
The shootings underscore that a strong social compact is the only real route to safety.
Jan 13, 2011 / The Editors
Naomi Wolf: Wrong Again on Rape Naomi Wolf: Wrong Again on Rape
Watch out for people who want to make life harder for real-life women on the grounds that it’ll help "women."
Jan 10, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
Leaving the People Out of the Debate Leaving the People Out of the Debate
It's not just the unemployed we don't tend to see on US TV. Take public workers. They're in the news every day, but it's not actually them. It's people talking about them.
Jan 6, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Get ‘Happy’ (and Buy My Book) Get ‘Happy’ (and Buy My Book)
Our media has found a new way to be as bad as it ever was, LTC Bob on packing for an overseas deployment and some hate mail.
Jan 6, 2011 / Eric Alterman
TheNation.com’s Top Stories of 2010 TheNation.com’s Top Stories of 2010
Even a cursory look at our most popular stories shows that Nation readers rank among the most intelligent and informed of those of any publication anywhere. Here's a list of some...
Dec 30, 2010 / Emily Douglas