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Vision: In Oregon, a Grassroots Campaign for a State Bank

Barbara Dudley, The Nation. June 15, 2011.

Oregon's people, inspired by the economic crisis and led by the Working Families Party, are fighting to get Wall Street out and a state bank in.

Meet MSNBC's Next New Host, Christopher Hayes

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. June 15, 2011.

On television, Hayes is so likable and so quick at distilling the politics of the day, that it's easy to miss just how radical he is.

Rachel Maddow Leads for Most Influential Progressive; Mother Jones and The Nation Tied for Best Online Mag; Daily Kos Slim Lead Among Top Blogs

Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 6, 2011.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is demonstrating her huge popularity at the half-way mark of voting in AlterNet's poll of the "Most Influential Progressive Media Figures."

Would You Believe Amy Goodman, Noam Chomsky and Bruce Springsteen? 10 20th-Century Progressives the Nation Left Off Its List

Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 21, 2010.

Including the key progressives from the second half of the 20th century.

A Vast Right-Wing Digg Conspiracy Expose Shows JournoList Scandal to Be a Lot of Conservative Hot Air

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 7, 2010.

Take note, right-wing scandalmongers, this is what a politically motivated media conspiracy looks like.

Congress's Attempt at Financial Reform Is Very Weak Broth

Zach Carter, Media Consortium. December 16, 2009.

The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.

How Corporate Media Are Washing Away Katrina From America's Mind

FAIRSeptember 10, 2009.

Four years on, MSM continue to neglect an ongoing disaster.

Honduras Crisis Forces Obama to Focus on Latin America

Tom Hayden, The Nation. July 1, 2009.

Will Obama side with a democratically elected government that happens to be a Venezuelan ally?

Do Americans Have a Right to Healthcare?

Staff, The Nation. June 22, 2009.

The Nation's Washington editor Chris Hayes debates Reihan Salam of The National Review.

Beyond Prop 8: What's Next for the LGBT Equality Movement?

Laura Flanders, GRITtv. May 28, 2009.

Joel Silberman and The Nation's Richard Kim discuss the implications of the Prop 8 ruling.

Ten More Things You Can Do to Oppose War in Afghanistan

Tom Hayden, The Nation. May 2, 2009.

Concrete ways to get involved and take action.

Best and Worst of Obama's First 100 Days

Staff, The Nation. May 1, 2009.

The Nation editors and writers discuss the high and low points of Obama's first few months in office.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Lawrence Korb Debate Military Escalation in Afghanistan

Katrina vanden Heuvel, Brave New Foundation. April 20, 2009.

Why more substantive debate and non-military solutions are needed in this war.

Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan

ZP Heller, The Nation. April 9, 2009.

Practical ways to get involved and take action.

The Sex Appeal of Congressional Oversight Hearings

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation. March 14, 2009.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and other politicians rethinking the war in Afghanistan.

Campaign For Special Torture Prosecutor Takes Change.gov Site By Storm

Ari Melber, TheNation.com. January 9, 2009.

The votes are in, and the top-ranked question -- out of 70,000 submitted to Obama's site -- asks for an investigation of torture and spying.

Appalling: The Untold Story of Hurricane Katrina's Violent Race War

Jill Tubman, Jack & Jill Politics. December 19, 2008.

Armed whites targeted innocent black victims fleeing from the storm’s aftermath.

GRITtv and The Nation Live at Noon: Voters on the Verge

Staff, GRITtv. November 4, 2008.

Don't sit at home and bite your nails. Be part of the conversation.

The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

ZP Heller, The Nation. September 16, 2008.

The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.

House Committee Holds Rove in Contempt!

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. July 30, 2008.

And it's your petition drive that got us there.

See Bonnie Raitt and Dolores Huerta in This Brave Nation Episode 2

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. June 9, 2008.

Don't miss an exciting new documentary series.

Nominate Your Local Hero for The Brave Nation Young Activist Award

Erikka Yancy, June 6, 2008.

Know an unsung young activist?

Brave New Foundation and The Nation Have a Love Child...

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. May 13, 2008.

Welcome to This Brave Nation!

A Ford/Nixon Conspiracy? [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, December 28, 2006.

Ford may have promised to pardon Nixon in order to become president...

How Murdoch\'s News Corp Scandal in the UK Impacts U.S. Media

Eric K. Arnold, December 31, 1969.