Should the US Military be the Global Cop?
VideoNation :In part two of a three-part series, Chris Hayes of The Nation debates Reihan Salam of the National Review over the proper role of the US military in the world.
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Obama's Quiet Fight Against Poverty
VideoNation :Activist Deepak Bhargava discusses the Obama administration's 'stealthy' support for impoverished Americans.
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Do Americans Have a Right to Healthcare?
VideoNation :The Nation's Chris Hayes and National Review's Reihan Salam to debate whether Americans have a 'right' to healthcare.
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Stewart Blasts Beck for Bin Laden Bull
The Daily Show : Fox News Network
Jon Stewart is appalled by Beck and his guest Michael Scheuer's suggestion that Bin Laden should attack the US again to change Obama's policies.
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Debate: Is the US a Socialist Nation?
VideoNation : Political Analysis
The Nation's Chris Hayes and National Review's Reihan Salam debate whether the US is now a socialist nation...and whether that is a good thing.
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Nation's Chris Hayes: The Politics of Aid
Al Jazeera : US Foreign Policy
How will Obama interpret USAID's stated mission to 'further America's foreign policy interests' while 'improving the lives of citizens'?
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Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
Stephen Cohen, a professor of Russian History at New York University weighs in on the future of US-Russian relations.
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Is Immigration Reform Dead Or Alive?
GRIT TV : Migration & Immigration
Is there still hope for serious immigration reform under President Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on where the movement stands.
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Progressives and the LGBT Movement
GRIT TV : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
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Sarah Palin: The Last Elephant Standing?
The Rachel Maddow Show : Republican Party
The Nation's Chris Hayes reflects on the diminishing prospects of a Republican return to the White House in 2012.
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Gay Rights Beyond Marriage & Military
Democracy Now : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
Nation contributor Lisa Duggan reflects on the state of the gay rights movement, forty years after Stonewall.
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Should the US Military be the Global Cop?
In part two of a three-part series, Chris Hayes of The Nation debates Reihan Salam of the National Review over the proper role of the US military in the world.
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Gov. Sanford Admits to Argentina Affair
South Carolina governor and 2012 GOP hopeful Mark Sanford admits to an extra-marital affair, but won't say if he'll resign.
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Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs
American News Project : U.S. Economy
The government has poured money into GM to help keep the company afloat, but the company is still slashing jobs.
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GOP Struggles to Smear Obama on Iran
The Nation's Chris Hayes analyzes the Republican response to the popular protests in Iran.
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GOP Game Plan: Obstruct Obama
The Ed Show : Conservatives & The American Right
The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, explores the ways in which Republicans are becoming the 'party of no.'
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Rush Limbaugh on Sotomayor: A New Low?
Countdown : Racism & Discrimination
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reflects on Rush Limbaugh's sexist and racist smears on Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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Bush Is Back and Bashing Obama
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses the re-emergence of George W. Bush and his criticisms of President Obama.
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Do Americans Have a Right to Healthcare?
VideoNation : Health Care Policy
The Nation's Chris Hayes and National Review's Reihan Salam to debate whether Americans have a 'right' to healthcare.
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The Civilian Casualties of War
Brave New Films : Afghanistan War
The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching and often a direct result of a US foreign policy that revolves around war.
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Obama's White House Reality Show
The Nation's Ari Melber on how the media has fused real-time lifestyle coverage with the star power of a true celebrity politician.
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Can Hate Crimes Be Stopped?
GRIT TV : Racism & Discrimination
What role can the federal government play in diminishing hate crimes and attacks on immigrants?
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Take Action: Stop the War Supplemental
Brave New Films : Afghanistan War
We're on the verge of a huge victory for the antiwar movement. We are just three votes short of defeating the war supplemental bill in Congress.
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Michael Moore's 'Save Our CEOs' Campaign
In this teaser for his upcoming new film, Michael Moore asks us to please help our fellow (corporate) Americans.
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Colbert in Iraq: Highlight Reel
Ice Cream and puppies don't travel well to Iraq but Stephen Colbert does on his week-long USO broadcast.
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Obama's Quiet Fight Against Poverty
Activist Deepak Bhargava discusses the Obama administration's 'stealthy' support for impoverished Americans.
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Air Raid Victim to US: Leave Afghanistan
Brave New Films : Afghanistan War
Exclusive footage from the recent US airstrikes in Afghanistan provides a sobering look at the dire situation on the ground.
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How Can We Get Healthcare For All?
President Obama's driving an engine for healthcare reform--what can we do to insure the destination will guarantee quality healthcare for all?
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Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views?
Nation contributor Laura Flanders debates the merits of President Obama's speech directed at the Muslim world.
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Online Loan Lobby vs. Indebted Americans
American News Project : U.S. Economy
The Online Lenders Association tries to whitewash the realities being faced by Americans deeply in debt due to 'payday' loans.
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The Trouble With Transparency
VideoNation : Barack Obama Administration
The Nation's Ari Melber gives varying degrees of success to President Obama's claims of transparency.
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Will Afghanistan Be Obama's Vietnam?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on the danger Afghanistan poses to Obama's progressive agenda.
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Buchanan's Bigotry Finds Home on TV
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Pat Buchanan launches into paranoid racist rants in response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
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The Crisis of Conservatism
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel debates Joe Scarborough on the tenets of conservatism and the legacy of Ronald Reagan.
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Is Pawlenty Plotting a 2012 Presidential Run?
The Rachel Maddow Show : Presidential Campaigns & Elections
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses the possible effects of Tim Pawlenty's decision to forgo a third term as governor of Minnesota.
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GM: What Will Restructuring Mean?
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, UAW veteran Al Benchich and others on the dismantling of GM.
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Jon Stewart Slams Sotomayor Coverage
Politicians and pundits cannot seem to look past Supreme Court Justice-nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Hispanic heritage.
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The Killer Complicity of Fox News
Has Bill O'Reilly finally gone too far? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann links the murder of Dr. George Tiller to Fox News.
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Domestic Terror and The Death of Dr. Tiller
A look at the media's response to Dr. George Tiller's murder and what pro-choice organizations need to do moving forward.
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Galeano: Stories of Almost Everyone
Why are so many people so scared? Maybe it's because of our rulers' enormous 'fear machine.' So says Eduardo Galeano, in this rare interview.
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Attacking Sotomayor: Race to the Bottom
Media Matters for America : Supreme Court
Right wing commentators, with characteristic disregard for reason or reality, have already begun smearing Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
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What's Next For LGBT Equality?
GRIT TV : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The Nation's Richard Kim joins a panel discussion on the impact of Prop 8 in California being upheld and more.
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Ex-Interrogator: Torture Doesn't Work
Former military interrogator Matthew Alexander refutes Dick Cheney's claim that torture saved American lives.
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Cheney vs. Obama: The No-So-Epic Battle
Jon Stewart surveys the coverage and content of President Obama's and Dick Cheney's concurrent national security speeches.
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Why Obama Needs Tough Love
VideoNation : Health Care Policy
Rep. Donna Edwards discusses the important role progressives should play in influencing the Obama presidency.
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The US Auto Industry: Down, But Not Out
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on why the Obama administration needs to do more to create manufacturing jobs in the US.
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Republicans Debate 'Socialist' Resolution
American News Project : Republican Party
The GOP called a special session to debate a rebranding resolution... for the Democratic Party.
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Will the GOP Be Able to Make a Comeback?
The Today Show : Republican Party
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel outlines the values Republicans should embrace to return from the wilderness.
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Torturer in Chief: Pelosi Over Cheney?
The question of torture has been drowned out by the Washington media-driven drama of what Nancy Pelosi knew and when.
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Starbucks: A History of Union Busting
What do Starbucks and Wal-Mart have in common? Both have long track records of harassing their workers when it comes to joining unions.
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Barack Obama Is Cliff Huxtable
Barack Obama and Cliff Huxtable are both married to hot lawyers and have unrealistically cute daughters.
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Why Can't We Fire the Boss?
Namoi Klein and Avi Lewis talk about how direct action worker campaigns have fared here in the United States and around the world.
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The Most Important Number on Earth
OntheEarthProduction : Environment
Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky and Terry Tempest Williams discuss the urgent need reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million.
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Bush to Cheney: Be More Like Biden
Dick Cheney gets a presidential reprimand for being on TV more than the ShamWow guy.
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President Obama v. Candidate Obama
Jon Stewart points out the hypocrisy of withholding the torture photos and the firing openly gay Arabic translator Lt. Dan Choi.
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94 Billion Reasons to Rethink Afghanistan
As Afghan civilians die from US air strikes, Congress should rethink a bill that would be a blank check for expanding military operations.
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Is the Gender Gap Growing?
Francoise Jacobson, Elly Spicer, Wendy Webb and Denise Doyle on the gender gap, women trade workers and the recession.
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Jon Stewart Takes on Crazy Cheney
Jon Stewart launches a new segment chronicling the former vice president's seemingly endless rounds of talk show appearances
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Is Disaster Capitalism Here to Stay?
Charlie Rose : Disaster Capitalism
The Nation's Naomi Klein and William Greider discuss the long term implications of the financial crisis and economic bailout.
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GOP Torture Blame Game: Target Pelosi
The Nation's John Nichols encourages Nancy Pelosi to call the bluff of her right wing critics by testifying under oath on torture.
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Kai Wright: Chaos and the Mortgage Crisis
GRIT TV : Housing & Homelessness
The foreclosure crisis is far from being resolved. Wright says that banks are still pursuing even those who have already given up their homes.
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Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing
American News Project : U.S. Economy
Former loan officers from lending firms step forward to point out the systemic fraud that created the subprime mortgage housing crisis.
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Obama and Sykes Bring the Laughs
The president and comedian Wanda Sykes laugh off some of the recent Republican attacks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
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Geithner's Stressless Stress Tests
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reveals the results of the banks' written exams. All nineteen banks passed...the pass/pass test
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Another Civil War in the Making?
Countdown : Conservatives & The American Right
The Nation's Chris Hayes explores just how serious Republicans in the South are about secession.
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Diagnosing America's Ailing Economy
The Nation's William Greider on the causes behind the economic crisis and the redeeming value in bank 'stress tests.'
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McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy
American News Project : Afghanistan
George McGovern warns President Obama of the pitfalls of war and urges a focus on domestic policies.
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Stressing Over the Bank Stress Tests
The Rachel Maddow Show : Disaster Capitalism
Nation columnist Naomi Klein provides context to the bank bailouts, which she calls the 'greatest heist in monetary history.'
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Republicans: The Lost Party
The Daily Show : Republican Party
Leaders of the Republican Party recognize mistakes and eat local ethnic food in casual attire--it's like they're just like us.
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How We Cover the Economy
There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?
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Tea-Bag Mastermind Becomes Party Pooper
Countdown : Conservatives & The American Right
The Nation's Chris Hayes weighs in on the so-called tea party 'movement' and its colossal failure in the eyes of its creator.
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Fox's Extremely Misleading Editing
Media Matters for America : Fox News Network
Fox News truncates or splices video to support its ideological slant regardless of context or speaker intent.
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Mortgage Bankers Celebrate Victory
American News Project : Banks & Banking
On the night before the Mortgage Bankers Association won the third round of this ongoing battle, the industry celebrated at the expense indebted mortgage holders.
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US Troops Told to 'Hunt People for Jesus'
Evangelicals serving in Afghanistan add spreading Christianity to list of duties in defiance of US military law.
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Best and Worst of Obama's First 100 Days
A panel of Nation writers, members of Congress and community activists give their best and worst moments of Obama's first 100 days.
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Grading Obama
New Yorker editor and staff writer Hendrik Hertzberg, novelist Walter Mosley, Faye Wattleton and Miles Rappaport on Obama's first 100 days and the next 900.
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GOP: Blame Dems for Torture Too
The Nation's Chris Hayes points out the absurdity of the double-sided GOP response to the release of Bush-era torture memos.
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The Nation Cruise 2009
Every year, The Nation cruise brings together supporters of the magazine with its writers, contributors and heros.
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100 Days of Cable News at Its Worst
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
This video features a dirty dozen collection of media moments from Obama's first 100 days, now you can vote for the worst.
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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Obama @ 100
The Nation's editor and publisher discusses the successes and blemishes on Obama's record over the course of his first 100 days.
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Rethink Afghanistan Debate Part III
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explores the similarities between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan in the last of a three-part debate.
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Colbert Sings 'Blown Away By The USA'
In response to GOP Senator Orrin Hatch's attempt to cash in on his trademark vocal style, Colbert belts out some patriotic tunes.
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Rethink Afghanistan Debate Part II
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues for a targeted and smart diplomatic approach to Afghanistan in the second installment of a three-part debate.
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A Gay Gathering Storm Ad Parody
Alicia Silverstone, Lance Bass and several other stars join forces to spoof the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage ad.
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Jon Stewart Takes on Torture Supporters
Jon Stewart surveys the misdirected outrage Obama's release of the Bush administration's torture memos has provoked on the right.
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John Oliver Reveals Tea Party Tyranny
British correspondent John Oliver attends a tax day protest to see what has the colonists' knickers in a twist.
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Rethink Afghanistan Debate Part I
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explains the trap of military escalation in Afghanistan in the first of a three-part debate.
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The Road to Ruin: Burned by Brokers
American News Project : U.S. Economy
A close-up snapshot of the 'toxic assets' on the balance sheet of bailout-recipient Flagstar Bank Corp.
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Colbert Coalition's Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
The (totally straight) Colbert Coalition has formed to oppose same-sex marriage--and make a commercial about it.
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Can China's Wind Save the World?
The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.
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Rethink Afghanistan: The Cost of War
Journalists, academics and an Afghani presidential candidate the costs of the US involvement in the war and rebuilding in Afghanistan.
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What's the Deal With the Tea-baggers?
Jon Stewart draws the distinction between sponsoring and covering the tax day tea parties for Fox News, since they can't do it themselves.
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The First Openly Gay White House Dog
President Obama has done a fabulous job fulfilling his campaign promise to get his daughters a dog.
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Can Nonprofits Thrive In a Crisis?
The Nation's Eyal Press and others on the fate of nonprofits in a world of falling profits.
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Obama Derangement Syndrome Hits Beck
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Glenn Beck's symptoms range from conservative paranoia to bad acting.
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Music Returns to Afghanistan
Afghan Star is both the name of the popular American Idol-type Afghani television show and an award-winning film about its embattled contestants.
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Rove and Cheney Return to Attack Mode
MSNBC : George W. Bush Administration
The Nation's Ari Melber discusses former Bush aides' ongoing campaign to 'keep all of us distracted.'
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Roundtable: Sex, Politics and the Media
The Nation's Richard Kim joins several other journalists in a discussion of the politics of gender, sexual identity and power
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Limbaugh Gets Lashed By a Listener
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses Rush Limbaugh's clash with an angry caller, who's a Republican veteran.
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Biden Welcomes Obama Back Home
An overly gregarious Joe Biden assures President Obama that he held the fort down during his overseas trip.
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The Right on Obama: Big Sinner or Satan?
According to Jon Stewart, the worshiper-in-chief can't seem to decide what faith he's going to adhere to.
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Credit Card Industry Defeated for Now
American News Project : Business
The United States Congress and Senate pass strong consumer protections against credit card companies--for now.
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Does the GOP Know What They're Saying?
The Rachel Maddow Show : Republican Party
Maddow and Ana Marie Cox marvel at conservatives' lack of self-awareness or acquaintance with an urban dictionary.
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Noam Chomsky on the Heathcare Hold Up
OntheEarthProduction : Health Care Policy
Noam Chomsky explains the lag between public will to de-privatize healthcare and political plans to implement a new system.
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Joe Lieberman's Love of Lasers
Jon Stewart wonders what upside down world sees a defense spending increase as a deep cut.
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Krugman: Optimism Is Not Enough
The Rachel Maddow Show : U.S. Economy
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discusses the outlook for the US economy and the reforms necessary to prevent the next financial crisis.
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Baracknophobia Strikes Again
Jon Stewart reviews the commentary of the right wingnuts who are speaking 'crazy to power' and explains the difference between tyranny and losing.
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Obama's Budget: Will It Bring Change?
GRIT TV : Barack Obama Administration
While the Obamas were in Europe the House and Senate approved the president's $3 trillion budget. But the battle isn't over. What will be cut and what will remain?
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Meltdown: Resistance and the Recession
Labor activist and Nation contributor Bill Fletcher, Jr. reclaims socialism and presses for a politicized grassroots movement to pressure economic changes.
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How to Save the US Auto Industry
In five easy steps, The Daily Show's resident problem-solver John Hodgman lays out a plan to save American carmakers.
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Jeff Madrick: Grading Obama's Recovery
Nation contributor Jeff Madrick looks beyond the failure of banks to guarantee loans to decades of wage stagnation and decline as a factor in the economic meltdown.
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GOP Becomes the Party of No(minees)
The Rachel Maddow Show : Republican Party
The Nation's DC editor Christopher Hayes discusses the Republican's reckless abuse of the Senate confirmation process.
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Liberals Divided on Obama's War
Unified in their opposition to the war in Iraq, liberal and antiwar groups are finding little common ground when it comes to Obama's escalation in Afghanistan.
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Barbara Ehrenreich: Is Capitalism Dead?
Nation contributor Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the changing definition of socialism and its new relevance to the current economic meltdown.
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President Obama's Tough Love
American classic BarcaLounger gets some bad news as Obama expands his tough love from Detroit to other industries.
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Why You Should Never Touch the Queen
The cable news coverage of Michele Obama's casual interaction with Queen Elizabeth understated the danger posed by Britain's dreaded monarch.
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Did Colin Powell Authorize Torture?
The Rachel Maddow Show : Torture
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell seems to be suffering from an all-too-familiar case of Bush-era memory loss
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Goldman Vet Sparks Conflict On Hill
American News Project : U.S. Economy
The Nation's Christopher Hayes talks about Gary Gensler's delayed nomination to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Is Another Economic Order Possible?
Dean Baker, Ann Lee and Greg Denier on the G-20 Summit, the labor movement, and the possibility of a new economic order.
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Colbert Rips Beck: Career Built on 9/11
The Colbert Report : Fox News Network
Stephen Colbert counters Glenn Beck's absurd 9/12 project with his own plan to reclaim America from 'them'.
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Carmageddon '09: Obama's Lemon Aid
When Detroit gives the American public lemons we give them billions of dollars.
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Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan
Jim Hightower debates John McCain (sort of) over the unasked questions with regards to Afghanistan.
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Popular Power Not Wall Street Power
Robert Johnson, former Chief Economist of the Senate Banking Committee, on why the Obama economic recovery plan is misguided.
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William Grieder on 'A New Way Forward'
Bill Moyers Journal : U.S. Economy
The Nation's William Greider discusses where he believes the new voice against Wall Street interests will come from.
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AIG Bonus Outrage: What's the Fallout?
The Nation's Ari Melber joins Washington Times columnist Amanda Carpenter to weigh in on who has the most to lose in the ongoing AIG controversy.
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'Drop the Rock': Repeal Unfair Drug Laws
Brett Story : Drug Policy/Drug War
The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.
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Breaking Down the Weekly Media Spin
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel, Robert George of the New York Post and Danny Schechter the news dissector look at the reporting of the past week.
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Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect
Talking Points Memo : Congress
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.
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How Obama's Laugh Turned Into a Smear
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
The workings of a build-up to a fake-scandal over President Obama's laughter on 60 Minutes.
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Use Populist Rage To Push Obama
American News Project : Political Analysis
The populist fires are burning. But what's next? Bob Borosage thinks progressives should push Obama farther left.
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The Takeover: Who's Running This Country?
Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Robert Johnson discuss what can be done to take that power back from the financial institutions that have wrecked the economy and our democracy.
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Obama Attacked With Wave Of 'Isms'
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Communist McCarthyism!? The right-wing makes less sense than usual with its Obama insults.
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O'Reilly's Harassment Machine Exposed
In light of an ambush by Bill O'Reilly producers, progressive blogger Amanda Terkel responded in an incredible manner--with reason.
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Our Ongoing Moral Collapse
GRIT TV : Barack Obama Administration
According to Chris Hedges, if Obama continues to listen to Geithner, Summers et al.--his presidency may be doomed.
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How the Bailout Could Hurt Obama's Agenda
MSNBC : Barack Obama Administration
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and New York Times columnist Thomas Freidman talk about how to fix the economy.
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Death of Newspapers: Long Live Journalism?
GRIT TV : Journalists & Journalism
The Nation's John Nichols and other established journalists discuss the future of publishing and print journalism.
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Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Meltdown
Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains what drove the US economy off a cliff and what steps need to be taken to rectify the situation.
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Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time
American News Project : Congress
Harry Hanbury attempts to spend an entire day attending fundraisers but instead successfully gets chased out of restaurants all over Capitol Hill.
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Pakistan: 'The Most Dangerous Country'
A variety of Afghanis, journalists and academics discuss the links between war-torn Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The Nation's Eric Alterman on Israel
The Nation's Eric Alterman discusses the challenges of countering the influence of conservative Israeli politics.
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Colbert's Rap Battle With Michael Steele
In spite of his absence, the RNC chairman still manages to hold his own against MC Stephen Colbert.
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The Least of These: Families Detained in US
Indiepix Films : Migration & Immigration
A new film explores one of the most controversial aspects of American immigration policy: family detention.
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Is Anyone Covering Iraq Anymore?
The Iraq war wasn't one of the US media's finer moments. But six years on, have they improved?
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Jon Stewart Rips the Notorious AIG
Everyone is outraged at the AIG bonuses, Jon Stewart points out these days that's worth about as much as the company's stock.
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What is So Scary About Workers Organizing?
Chris Kromm, Gene Carroll and others discuss what is driving the real fear of the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Change Comes to El Salvador
New America Media : El Salvador
A leftist party has won El Salvador's presidency for the first time in history. Newly elected President Mauricio Funes discusses his plans.
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What Difference Does Wealth Make?
Three experts discuss the racial and historical dimensions of the income gap in the United States.
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Bernie Sanders on Afghanistan's Future
If President Obama truly aims to curb the violence in Afghanistan he will have to come up with more than a troop escalation plan.
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Do Anti-Terror Laws Work?
Has the threat of terrorism been exploited to crack down on civil liberties? And do anti-terror laws make us safe?
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Colbert Brandishes His Populist Pitchfork
Stephen Colbert offers to lead an angry mob to recover the taxpayer-funded AIG bonuses.
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Jon Stewart Rips Jim Cramer Apart
Jon Stewart finally confronts Jim Cramer face-to-face. The results are fascinating to watch.
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Can the Media Cover the Economy?
Fox's coverage of EFCA. Cramer v. Stewart. The Nation's Ari Melber, Isabel McDonald and others discuss the news coverage of the past week.
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Maddow Makes Sense of the Drug Debate
The Rachel Maddow Show : Drug Policy/Drug War
A look at President Obama's nominee for 'drug czar' with the Bruce Mirken from the Marijuana Policy Project.
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Jon Stewart vs. CNBC's Jim Cramer & Friends
The Daily Show : Media Analysis
CNBC's Jim Cramer has appeared all over the NBC empire defending his financial acumen; Stewart has now rallied the power of Viacom to fight back.
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Is This the End of Capitalism?
The neo-liberal order has failed. But what will replace it? David Harvey and The Nation's Alexander Cockburn on the end (or future) of capitalism?
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Structural Racism and the Financial Crisis
GRIT TV : Racism & Discrimination
Can we transform the economy without addressing racial disparities in the United States?
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UBS: Washington's Old Friend Is Now a Foe
American News Project : Banks & Banking
After years of hiding US money in their Swiss offices, UBS faces a Senate committee made up of legislators under their payroll.
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What Is the State of Feminism Today?
Staceyann Chin, Linda Martin Alcoff and Jennifer Baumgardner discuss the politics of feminism today.
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Barack Becomes 'The Rock Obama'
Ba 'Rock' Obama (played by Dwayne Johnson) regulates out-of-line Senate Republicans in this sketch out of Rahm Emanuel's daydream
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Rush Limbaugh's Michael Steele Trap
Steele, with some electroshock guidance from Limbaugh, gives an interview on the GOP's new strategy.
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Overreacting to Obama's Budget
Jon Stewart surveys the crackpot coverage of President Obama's record-breaking budget.
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An Inauguration for the Ages
Nation columnist Patricia Williams discusses the symbolism of Obama's election as captured by The Nation's historic cover.
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The Preemptive Martyrdom of Rove
Countdown : George W. Bush Administration
The Nation's DC editor Christopher Hayes on Karl Rove's impending Congressional hearing.
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Is There a Republican Civil War?
Is their really an ideological divide in the GOP? Our media roundtable looks at the best and worst reporting of the past week with Arun Gupta, Gloria Feldt and others.
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Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC
The Daily Show : Media Analysis
Here's an embarrassing 'greatest misses' collection of CNBC's pre-financial meltdown coverage.
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Help Homeowners to Level Playing Field
Brave New Films : Housing & Homelessness
Industry insiders reveal how predatory lending made it more profitable to run a mortgage shop than to sell drugs.
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Robert Johnson on 'Zombie' Banks
Bill Moyers Journal : U.S. Economy
The celebrated economist discusses his fears and cautious hopes for the future of the international banking system.
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Will Obama Pay Your Doctor Bills?
A year from now, will America have affordable healthcare? Monica Sanchez, Adam Thompson, and Dr. Walter Tsou on Obama's healthcare reform plan.
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Tom Geoghegan Talks to The Nation
The Nation's John Nichols speaks with Congressional candidate Tom Geoghegan in Chicago on the March 3 Democratic primary to fill Rahm Emanuel's seat.
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GOP's Obama Strategy: 'Fail to the Chief'
The Nation's Chris Hayes deconstructs why Republicans like Rush Limbaugh are rooting for President Obama to fail.
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Why Is Barry Bonds Such a Target?
The Rachel Maddow Show : Sports
The Nation's Dave Zirin explains why Barry Bonds case is the most public example of the abuses of the Bush-era Justice Department.
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Sex Scandal: Repressed Memory on Trial
Nation columnnist JoAnn Wypijewski discusses the troubling conviction of Priest Paul Shanley, which has been appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
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What Can We Learn From Europe?
Is the economic crisis in Europe any different from our own? Newsweek's Rana Foroohar, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister Tony Benn plus others discuss the protests in Europe.
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Nation Editor vs. Karl Rove
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel debates the GOP guru.
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Rethink Afghanistan: More Troops?
A variety of Afghanis, journalists and academics weigh in on President Obama's decision to increase the troop deployment in the embattled country.
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Colbert Challenges Steele to Rap-Off
Nas's favorite faux newscaster offers to help the new Republican National Committee chairman take the GOP's message to the streets (and cul de sacs).
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Norm Coleman's Latest Election Scheme
With the stimulus battle out of the way, The Nation's Chris Hayes argues Democrats now need to focus on seating Al Franken as the fifty-ninth vote in the Senate.
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The Unembedded
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
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President Obama Gets His Hope Back
Jon Stewart pokes fun at President Obama's laundry list of lofty goals and wonders, 'is he some kind of a wizard?'
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'Kenneth the Page' on Bobby Jindal
Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon : Humor
The GOP can't seem to help itself when it comes to picking national spokespeople that remind the public of comedians.
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Can the Courts Handle Terror Suspects?
Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Lieutenant Col. David Vandeveld, a former prosecutor at Gitmo and others discuss whether our criminal courts can handle terror suspects.
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Resisting Foreclosure
GRIT TV : Housing & Homelessness
This week in Baltimore, the first protester in a civil disobedience campaign to resist foreclosure was arrested. Is there more to come?
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Jon Stewart to GOP Govs: 'You're Broke!'
Stewart ridicules Republicans like Louisiana's Bobby Jindal for their overstated opposition to the stimulus package.
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The Food Lobby Goes to School
American News Project : Food & Nutrition
A look inside the backrooms of the capital, where the interests of American children intersect with the lobbyists for multinational food companies.
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Are We 'a Nation of Cowards'?
GRIT TV : Racism & Discrimination
Attorney General Eric Holder recently said we remain 'a nation of cowards' on race. Is he right? Manning Marable, JLove Calderon and others weigh in.
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Slamming New York Post's Racist Cartoon
Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff discusses the effect of the protests against a controversial New York Post cartoon on Rupert Murdoch's empire.
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Lansing Mayor Slams Fox News Hack
The Mayor of Lansing, MI, Virg Bernero, defends the besieged working class and confronts Fox News on their hypocrisy over bailouts.
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The Uncler: America Needs a Comeback
In this parody of the Oscar-nominated film The Wrestler, Uncle Sam is portrayed as a washed up fighter seeking redemption.
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Can We Take The Media Seriously?
Is the media out of touch? We talk about the good, the bad, the ugly--and The Nation's Leslie Savan on the Oscars.
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Rep. Bachmann Strikes Out Yet Again
Countdown : Conservatives & The American Right
The Nation's Chris Hayes crowns Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the Demi Glas of Wingnuttia for her ignorant attack on the stimulus plan.
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Homeowners Need a Bailout Too
Brave New Films : Housing & Homelessness
Representative Marcy Kaptur and economist Dean Baker discuss the housing crisis in this special presentation of 'Fighting For Our Homes.'
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Will You Go Broke to Keep Your House?
GRIT TV : Housing & Homelessness
Will Obama's $75 billion homeowner bailout plan work? Fair housing activists Sarah Ludwig, Paul Leonard and others discuss the foreclosure crisis.
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Stop the Looting of Social Security
The Nation's William Greider warns that if progressives don't engage with President Obama more, forces advocating for 'entitlement reform' will gut social security.
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The Burger King Bailout Shocker
Brave New Films : Working Conditions
The treatment of workers at Burger King stands in stark contrast to the extravagant bonuses awarded to Goldman Sach's bailed-out bankers.
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The Worst of the Stimulus Smears
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Hilarycare...Welfare...Socialism! In case you forgot the bilious opposition the stimulus bill inspired, here is a repulsive recap.
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Does Gaza Matter?
GRIT TV : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Hampshire College made headlines after announcing that it would divest from companies that do business with Israel. Do their actions indicate the beginning of a larger campaign?
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President Obama and Progressives
The Real News Network : Barack Obama
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues progressives must keep pressure on the administration to move the country in a new direction.
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A New Turn in Latin America?
Venezuela's Hugo Chávez is willing to engage in direct talks with President Obama. How will this effect US policy in the region?
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Secret GOP Strategy Session Revealed
The Republicans on Capitol Hill celebrate their 'victory' in the stimulus fight and plot their next scheme: taking down the Obama girls.
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Anatomy of a Stimulus Smear
Keith Olbermann explores how Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and other right wingers managed to spread outright lies about the stimulus.
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Obama and the Press
A panel discussion for student journalists focused on what new challenges and opportunities Barack Obama's election present to journalists
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Nation Critic's Picks: Gomorah, The Class
The Nation's film critic Stuart Klawans weighs in on two of the most acclaimed foreign films of 2008.
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Great Expectations for Obama
Is the watered-down stimulus bill a signal of a more ambitious agenda for Obama or a harbinger of reduced expectations?
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CEOs Attempt to 'Rebrand' Bonuses
Countdown : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability
They just don't get it. The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses the refusal of Wall Street CEOs to let their unearned bonuses go.
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Jobs With Justice or Just Jobs?
GRIT TV : Employment/Unemployment
As the nation struggles to save and create jobs, how do we make sure workers aren't robbed? Plus: the battle to confirm Hilda Solis.
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William Greider on Democrats and Money
American News Project : U.S. Economy
The Nation's national affairs correspondent explains how the current economic crisis is a moment of reckoning for the Democratic party.
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A-Rod to Unravel Stories of Steroid Use
The Nation's Dave Zirin points out that when it comes to Major League Baseball and steroid use players are not the only ones who are wrong.
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Fighting for Our Homes
Brave New Films : Housing & Homelessness
With Americans facing foreclosures and banks using bailout money to pay themselves, community organizing has proved to be the best defense for homeowners.
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Bill O'Reilly's Hypocrisy on Privacy
The Daily Show : Media Analysis
Jon Stewart ridicules the Fox News host for ambushing a Columbia Journalism Review staffer for publishing a piece by a writer from The Nation.
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The GOP Plays Politics With Our Economy
The Nation's Chris Hayes explains how Republican opposition to Obama's stimulus is really the result of their own inability to govern.
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The Business of War
GRIT TV : US Wars & Military Action
Even as congress denies billions in assistance to states, there is little if any talk of cutting US defense spending. Who's profiting and what is their interest in maintaining a wartime economy?
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The Nation's Victor Navasky on Obama
The Real News Network : Barack Obama
Navasky elaborates on his theory that President Obama might just be a "liberal in centrist clothing."
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Reid and Pelosi Get Spoofed
Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig play Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, while making the point that the Democrats are the ones in charge.
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No Oversight: Fed Gives Away Trillions
American News Project : Economics
Since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet has expanded by $1.2 trillion with little oversight.
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Rejecting Republican Know-Nothings
The Rachel Maddow Show : Republican Party
After reviewing the arguments Senate Republicans are making for their intransigence on the stimulus bill, Maddow counters with the hard economic facts.
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Paul Krugman: GOP Is Led by Limbaugh
Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman defends Obama's stimulus package and paints Republicans as obstructionists.
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Olbermann to Cheney: Please Go Away
Keith Olbermann offers a thorough point-by-point rebuke of Cheney's recent terrorist fear-mongering.
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Rethink Escalation in Afghanistan
The Obama administration must rethink its Afghanistan policy before committing more troops and money to the area.
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The White House Information Wars
Has the Obama administration's attempt to 'reach the public without having to rely on the mainstream media' worked? Hendrik Hertzberg and other journalists weigh in.
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Can Obama's Economic Team Be Trusted?
Nation editor Chris Hayes examines the record of Obama's CFTC pick Gary Gensler and the rest of the president's economic team.
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Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill reports that while Blackwater's Iraq contract won't be renewed, the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down.