Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob
The J Street conflict, the life of a career professional military officer and the mail.
Oct 29, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Just Say Yes to Common Sense on Pot Policy Just Say Yes to Common Sense on Pot Policy
California voters should pass Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana for adults.
Oct 27, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy
On Huffington Post, Isabel Macdonald asks whether the spectacle of Lou Dobbs's undocumented worker hypocrisy will force Obama to face this country's own immigration injustices?
Oct 18, 2010 / Press Room
The Wall Comes Tumbling Down The Wall Comes Tumbling Down
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers signed a historic agreement between farmworkers and a major grower.
Oct 18, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Are Lou Dobbs’s Workers Undocumented? Isabel Macdonald Explains on Democracy Now! Are Lou Dobbs’s Workers Undocumented? Isabel Macdonald Explains on Democracy Now!
Investigative journalist Isabel Macdonald explains how she uncovered Lou Dobbs's immigration hypocrisy for her explosive article in this issue of The Nation.
Oct 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Democracy Now!
Briefing: Bill Fletcher Jr. and Richard Kim on the One Nation March Briefing: Bill Fletcher Jr. and Richard Kim on the One Nation March
The One Nation march should not not simply be a nice day out for progressives, says Bill Fletcher Jr.—it needs to be a turning of the tide, a change of course away from ang...
Oct 4, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
For Jobs, Justice and Education For Jobs, Justice and Education
For nearly two years, the loudest and most insistent voices in American politics have been on the extreme right. At the One Nation, Working Together march, this is going to ch...
Sep 24, 2010 / Benjamin Todd Jealous and Deepak Bhargava
The Breakdown: Does the DREAM Act Have a Future? The Breakdown: Does the DREAM Act Have a Future?
In the face of massive GOP opposition, what are some possible ways forward for politicians, voters and activists working for humane immigration reform?
Sep 24, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Slide Show: The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century, Part 2 Slide Show: The Fifty Most Influential Progressives of the Twentieth Century, Part 2
This is the second of three slide shows detailing the lives and legacies of the fifty most influential progressives of the twentieth century. Here, read Peter Dreier's introduction to the series. Here are the first and third slide shows. Click here to nominate the American progressives you think made the biggest difference in the twentieth century—and the activists, advocates and politicians who are already defining the twenty-first.
Sep 17, 2010 / Photo Essay / Peter Dreier
DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week
Senators decide next week if hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people will get a path to citizenship. Student activists are mobilizing to convince them to say yes.
Sep 16, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette