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'I Was There': On Kurt Vonnegut | The Nation

thenation.com — "The cruelest thing you can do to Kerouac," Hanif Kureishi has a character say in The Buddha of Suburbia, "is reread him at thirty-eight." If that was true, I wondered as I opened the first two volumes of the Library of America's ongoing series of the complete novels, then what of Vonnegut at a decade older still?
Steve Silberman Freelance Journalist @stevesilberman
Kurt Vonnegut's imagination "was his superpower." http://t.co/baGXSsTv

400 Arrested in Montreal Last Night, and Protests Spread to Other Cities | The Nation

thenation.com — 400 Arrested in Montreal Last Night, and Protests Spread to Other Cities | The Nation
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
My latest at The Nation: 400 "kettled" and arrested in Montreal last night, mass arrests also elsewhere. http://t.co/J3QL7ENh
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
My piece: Over 400 "kettled" and arrested in Montreal protests last night, as they spread to other cities. http://t.co/J3QL7ENh

Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emmanuel (VIDEO) | The Nation

thenation.com — Don't take your eyes of Chicago yet. The NATO protests may be over, but city politics are heating up.
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
You gotta read, and watch, this great new post by @gritlaura: Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emmanuel http://t.co/1IuZ7Haf
Jason Felch Investigative Reporter, LA Times @jasonfelch
RT @thenation: Chicago teachers turn up the heat on Rahm Emmanuel http://t.co/QxdDBbNB @GRITlaura

Pete Seeger: Ain't No One Like Him | The Nation

Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
As Chicago marks the inimitable, late & great Studs Terkel's 100th b-day...Read Studs on Pete Seeger. | The Nation http://t.co/2bGM8pCT

Orlando Figes and Stalin's Victims | The Nation

thenation.com — A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations-not, as Figes suggested, for political reasons.
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
If you are about history, read this --Orlando Figes and Stalin's Victims | The Nation http://t.co/dzKW6r2L
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Dishonoring Stalin's Victims--On Orlando Figes and History | The Nation http://t.co/dzKW6r2L
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Peter Reddaway & Stephen F. Cohen on Orlando Figes and Stalin's Victims | The Nation http://t.co/dzKW6r2L
Milo Yiannopoulos Editor-in-Chief, The Kernel Magazine @Nero
RT @NickCohen4: Orlando Figes: Academia's Johann Hari http://t.co/MxU09vtB H/t @OliverKamm
Oliver Kamm Columnist, Times of London @OliverKamm
"Figes cannot be fully trusted even with open sources." Quietly devastating assessment of a historian's practices. http://t.co/ke95eFRM

Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento | The Nation

thenation.com — Torie Osborn's campaign for a West Los Angeles assembly seat (50th District) is stirring excitement and mobilizing grassroots volunteers like nothing else so far this year in dreary California, where budget deficits keep deepening and politics decays despite a Democratic governor and legislative majority.
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Veteran LGBT activist Torie Osborn Takes On Sacramento | The Nation http://t.co/T9lMmBX7

Egypt's Presidential Election Experiment | The Nation

thenation.com — Egypt is gripped by election fever. A frenetic mix of excitement and anxiety has taken over the country on the eve of its first-ever competitive presidential poll fifteen months after thirty-year autocrat Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office in a popular uprising.
Mona Eltahawy Freelance Journalist @monaeltahawy
RT @SultanAlQassemi: Egypt's Presidential Election Experiment http://t.co/n5sm24y5 by @SharifKouddous for @TheNation via @Arabist

The GOP Chooses the Pentagon Over Their Fellow Americans | The Nation

thenation.com — The GOP Chooses the Pentagon Over Their Fellow Americans | The Nation
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Simple as apple pie: The GOP Chooses the Pentagon Over Their Fellow Americans | The Nation http://t.co/ZVW6AMsy

Protests Rock Montreal--As Police Enforce Controversial New Law | The Nation

thenation.com — Protests Rock Montreal--As Police Enforce Controversial New Law | The Nation
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
My new piece at The Nation on Montreal protests, mass arrests and controversial new law. http://t.co/Y3sRwY1V

The Julia Backlash: Because Americans Like to Pretend They Don't Need Government | The Nation

thenation.com — Backing policies that enable to women to access health insurance, earn fair wages, pay for college, start a small business: that's showing respect.
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
The 'Julia' Backlash: Because Americans Like to Pretend They Don't Need Government: Great piece by @emilysdouglas http://t.co/I5V1AVQI
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
ICYMI: The Julia backlash: Because Americans like to pretend they don't need government: http://t.co/n9gmzvOh
Susan Campbell Columnist, Hartford Courant @campbellsl
RT @thenation: Americans like to pretend they don't need government, but the reality is quite different http://t.co/ABa0WJVG
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
My take on the Julia backlash, featuring @brycecovert, @campbell_brown, Nancy Folbre: http://t.co/n9gmzvOh
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
The Julia backlash: Because Americans like to pretend they don't need government. New post: http://t.co/n9gmzvOh

Ilyse Hogue and Robert Reich: Mitt Romney's Jobs Record Is Fair Game | The Nation

thenation.com — Ilyse Hogue and Robert Reich: Mitt Romney's Jobs Record Is Fair Game | The Nation
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Ilyse Hogue and Robert Reich: Mitt Romney's Jobs Record Is Fair Game | The Nation http://t.co/pDLBGEHF

In Scandal and Veep, Can Female Politicos Be Powerful-and Sexy, Too? | The Nation

thenation.com — In Scandal and Veep, Can Female Politicos Be Powerful-and Sexy, Too? | The Nation
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
In Scandal and Veep, Can Female Politicos Be Powerful—and Sexy, Too? | The Nation http://t.co/K9zStcXV
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
On Scandal and Veep, will women get to be sexy and powerful at the same time? @salamishah's take: http://t.co/nRpEJxzZ

Save 'The American Prospect' | The Nation

thenation.com — The American Prospect urgently needs help to continue publishing. Its passing would be a major loss for the country. Please join me in keeping the Prospect alive.
Jennifer Pozner Editor, WIMN's Voices @jennpozner
RT @lizabio: Independent journalism needs your $: http://t.co/zw1nhatH @KatrinaNation's call to save @theprospect: http://t.co/Byjrgz89 ...
Liza Gross Freelance Journalist @lizabio
Independent journalism needs your $: http://t.co/zw1nhatH @KatrinaNation's call to save @theprospect: http://t.co/Byjrgz89 via @thenation

It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider | The Nation

thenation.com — A new study shows that Fox viewers are even worse informed than those who consume no news at all.
Antonia Zerbisias Social Justice and Cultural Trends Columnist, Toronto Star @AntoniaZ
It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider | @TheNation http://t.co/3CFOXGjf #media #foxnews #suntv

Members of Congress Want to Know: Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath? | The Nation

thenation.com — Members of Congress Want to Know: Did Scott Walker Lie Under Oath? | The Nation
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Did Scott Walker lie under oath ? Members of Congress want to know. http://t.co/XGeSx5M2

Media Merger Mania | The Nation

Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
This post from NINE YEARS AGO (talk about feeling old!) has oddly surfaced in http://t.co/vO9HLFtd's Most Read box. http://t.co/XpPKMqUM

End All US Police and Military Aid to Honduras | The Nation

thenation.com — More than 10,000 complaints have been filed about abuses by the police and military since the coup, none of which have been addressed.
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
End All US Police and Military Aid to #Honduras http://t.co/AsdD1Lkd #p2

It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider | The Nation

Liza Gross Freelance Journalist @lizabio
No surprise there! RT @thenation Fox News viewers know less @ politics, current events than people who watch no news http://t.co/cO155xIL
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider | The Nation http://t.co/xrwVAHNt

Can Obama Say He's Sorry? | The Nation

thenation.com — In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can't we apologize?
Jason Leopold Deputy Managing Editor, Truth-Out.org @JasonLeopold
Can Obama Say He's Sorry? http://t.co/QpjZiymQ
Michael Powell Columnist, New York Times @powellnyt
RT @thenation: In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can’t we apologize? http://t.co/0JADlpbf
Radley Balko Senior Editor, Reason @radleybalko
RT @thenation: In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can’t we apologize? http://t.co/0JADlpbf
Sarah Posner Senior Editor, Religion Dispatches @sarahposner
RT @thenation: Can Obama Say He's Sorry? http://t.co/Kmx7hPDW

When the Web Took Center Stage in Election Campaigns--And Lessons for 2012 | The Nation

thenation.com — When the Web Took Center Stage in Election Campaigns--And Lessons for 2012 | The Nation
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
RT @cinnamon_carter: RT @GregMitch How the Web took center stage in election campaigning--and lessons for 2008. http://t.co/LorHTvKe
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
My latest: How the Internet dominated the 2008 campaign--and lessons for this year. http://t.co/hiltZTSC
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
My new piece at The Nation on how the Web took center stage in election campaigning--and lessons for 2008. http://t.co/hiltZTSC

Honduras: Which Side Is the US On? | The Nation

thenation.com — In the name of fighting drugs, the United States has allied itself with a corrupt coup regime.
Betsy Reed Executive Editor, The Nation @betsyreed2
RT @thenation: Honduras: Which Side Is the US On? http://t.co/v1Axr5iM
Jim Naureckas Editor, FAIR's Extra! Magazine @JNaureckas
NYT thinks this is hardhitting reporting on Honduras: http://t.co/2TL2Gf14 @TheNation shows how it's really done: http://t.co/oEbkoNHH
Peter Hart Activism Director, FAIR and Host, CounterSpin @peterfhart
RT @naiman: Dana Frank: Honduras: Which Side Is the US On? | The Nation http://t.co/tZIUc8KY

American Nuns: Guilty as Charged? | The Nation

thenation.com — To understand the Vatican's crackdown, look beyond the politics of abortion and same-sex marriage to the theological conflict raging in the Catholic Church.
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
American Heroes: Nuns & Nurses. See this-- American Nuns: Guilty As Charged? | The Nation http://t.co/dJT9619L
Mona Eltahawy Freelance Journalist @monaeltahawy
RT @KathaPollitt: American Nuns: Guilty As Charged? | The Nation http://t.co/aPj2HHwr
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
RT @thenation: American Nuns: Guilty As Charged? http://t.co/kpJrxW6O
Ann Neumann Contributor, Religion Dispatches @otherspoon
RT @emilysdouglas: The theological underpinnings of the intra-Catholic fight over healthcare, birth control & more: http://t.co/BRooFIDI
Emily Douglas Editor, TheNation.com, The Nation @EmilySDouglas
The theological underpinnings of the intra-Catholic fight over healthcare, birth control & more: http://t.co/OWeNjRsg

Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence | The Nation

thenation.com — Newark Mayor Cory Booker is the latest victim of the disease of false equivalence, which masks the true cause of dysfunction in our government.
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Et Tu, Cory Booker? The Pathology of False Equivalence | The Nation http://t.co/wOvbEgfy
Sally Kohn Contributor, Fox News @sallykohn
And here's @ilyseh on Booker: http://t.co/g8InhEf9
Jim Newell Freelance Journalist @jim_newell
"I'm as much a Cory Booker fan as the next populist progressive [meaning I like him on Twitter]," sucker writes http://t.co/UEIlJ0RJ
Alex Kane World Affairs Editor, AlterNet @alexbkane
Since when do populist progressives like Cory Booker? http://t.co/1fXMGgBI

A Tale of Two NATOs: Permitted Marches Meet the Black Bloc | The Nation

thenation.com — A Tale of Two NATOs: Permitted Marches Meet the Black Bloc | The Nation
Rania Khalek Freelance Journalist @RaniaKhalek
RT @thenation "Police first escalated the violence by clubbing protesters across their heads with billy clubs..." http://t.co/v65J0EcY #NATO
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
A Tale of Two NATOs: Permitted Marches Meet the Black Bloc | The Nation http://t.co/ZWaR6zQk

Robin Gibb Passes: But Nina SImone and Al Green Versions of Songs Endure | The Nation

thenation.com — Robin Gibb Passes: But Nina SImone and Al Green Versions of Songs Endure | The Nation
Greg Mitchell Blogger, The Nation @GregMitch
Never a BeeGees fan, but my piece on passing of Robin Gibbs with great videos from Al Green and Nina Simone. http://t.co/s1ON3QQi

Where Are the Missing 5 Million Workers? | The Nation

thenation.com — The working-age population is growing. The offiical labor force is not. What's going on?
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
Our shadow economy: There's as much unreported income swirling around US today WWII under rationing/The Nation http://t.co/haXALZIL
Laura Flanders Host, GRITtv @GRITlaura
Where Are the Missing 5 Million Workers? @ The Nation http://t.co/4nIbD2P8 #jobs, #coops #alteconomy @garalperovitz

Support Tom Barrett | The Nation

thenation.com — If Scott Walker is removed from office, the results will be seen across the country as a rejection of the false premise that cutting taxes for the rich while attacking unions and slashing services will somehow spur job growth.
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
The WP says that internal polling shows a dead heat in Wisconsin #recall. Find out how to make the difference: http://t.co/XJlosFe2 #p2
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
Get immediately involved in what Rachel Maddow calls the second most important election in 2012. http://t.co/XJlt0fnc #recall
Katrina vandenHeuvel Editor and Publisher, The Nation @KatrinaNation
The second most important election in 2012/ Wisconsin Recall--Support Tom Barrett | The Nation http://t.co/P8QPqIQB
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
Help Tom Barrett defeat Scott Walker! http://t.co/XJlt0fnc #p2 #recall
Peter Rothberg Associate Publisher, The Nation @peterrothberg
Support Tom Barrett in what Rachel Maddow calls the second most important election in 2012. http://t.co/XJlt0fnc #recall