The Nation
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The Nation (ISSN 0027-8378) is a U.S. periodical devoted to politics and culture, self-described as "the flagship of the left." [1] The magazine is published weekly, except for the second week in January, and biweekly the third week of July through the second week of September. Founded on July 6, 1865 as a classical liberal publication, it is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. It is published by the Nation Company, L.P. at 33 Irving Place, New York City. The Nation has bureaus in Budapest, London, and Southern Africa and departments covering ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
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Rod Amis
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Jul 2, 2006 - 3:19 PM PDT
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Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Pro-choice voters have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.Posted by Chris Finnie -
How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troopsvia The Nation -
Dick Gephardt's Spectacular Sellout
In March, months after the government gave an unprecedented $85 billion to AIG, the insurance giant released a list of counterparties, exposing some of the world's top ...Posted by Vincent Caminiti -
Meet the Afghan Army
Afghans do not think or act like Americans. Yet Americans in power refuse to grasp that inconvenient point.Posted by Chris Finnie -
Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?
Ridgeway, the Blackwater operative, admitted that he and the other Blackwater operatives "opened fire with automatic weapons and grenade launchers on unarmed civilians." None ...Posted by Randy Morrow -
Working Without Laws
For the past thirty years, the gospel of lean and mean has reordered the world of work, setting off a race to the bottom in which employers circumvent and evade standards that ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Flushing Blackwater
In addition, Blackwater is being investigated by the Justice Department for possible crimes ranging from weapons smuggling to manslaughter and by the IRS for possible tax ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic
Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes, and Joe ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Sworn statements filed in Federal Court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam and that the company may have been ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Unpopular Science
We live in a time of pathbreaking advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology, of private spaceflight and personalized medicine, amid a climate and energy crisis, in a world ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Six Smart Progressive Complaints About House Health Bill
The Affordable Health Care for America Act was approved by the U.S. House Saturday night with ... support from progressive Democrats ... and from a president ... elected with ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
Six Smart Progressive Complaints About House Health Bill
Many sincere progressives in the House, and outside of it, chose to back the bill as the best that could be gotten. Others supported it on the theory that flaws could be fixed ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Dick Gephardt's Fall: How a Progressive Stalwart Turned into a Spectacular Political Sellout
In a town where everyone seemingly has a price, Gephardt has distinguished himself, selling his reputation as a pro-labor, pro-universal healthcare, pro-environment expert and ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Whiner-in-Chief
(Blog Post) Griping about Republicans on Fox and off-message bloggers in pajamas hurts Obama much more than the targets of the administration's wrath.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
The Coalfield Uprising
...while officials are framing the issue as a manageable environmental problem, mountaintop removal has also caused....one of th largest displacements of US citizens since the ...Posted by Patricia L'Herrou -
Where is the Defund Blackwater Act?
Republican Congressional leaders are continuing their witch hunt against ACORN, the grassroots community group dedicated to helping poor and working-class people. Their ...Posted by Doug Greer -
ACORN and Accountability
With the notable exception of handing over $700 billion to Wall Street last year, the United States Congress is not known for quick, decisive action. But recently, in a ...Posted by Doug Greer -
Meet the Hazzards
As we mark the end of the first year of the financial bailout, the public seems to regard the government's actions with a toxic combination of rage and confusion. People are ...Posted by Doug Greer -
Will McChrystal Quit?
Under all three, Kimmitt said, McChrystal believes that he can do the job. On the other hand, if he doesn't get the low option, probably something like an additional 15,000 ...Posted by Randy Morrow -
Karzai, Election Fraud and the Wages of Empire
So we get the "news" -- not from the satirical Onion but from the nation's newspaper of record -- that U.S. officials are trying to prevent Karzai from declaring "victory" in ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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