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Gore Vidal in The Nation
GORE VIDAL | Powerful essays from half a century of writing.
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Pussy Riot and the Two Russias
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL | Lost in the coverage of the group's struggle is the sobering reality of the country's deep divisions.
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The Upside of Ugly
JESSICA VALENTI | Why it's more important for girls to be angry at our misogynist culture than to "love themselves."
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To Be American, Christian and Oppressed
CORD JEFFERSON | Yesterday, members of America's Christian majority let the world know that they are under attack--and fighting back.
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Running for President on the Justice Party Ticket: A Q&A with Rocky Anderson
SASHA ABRAMSKY | The former Salt Lake City mayor is mounting an unlikely protest against American plutocracy.
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A Presidential Candidate Willing to Get Arrested to Fight Foreclosure Abuse
JOHN NICHOLS | Green candidate Jill Stein is running a big-ideas, big-activism campaign in the best tradition of transformational third-party politics.
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How to Bring the Major Oil Companies Ashore and Halt the Destruction of Our Oceans
SUBHANKAR BANERJEE | Shell is getting ready to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean, and while it's not yet quite a done deal, the prospect is alarming.
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IN OUR ORBIT

Two years ago, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out for America's sacrifice zones, places like Camden, NJ and the coal fields of West Virginia, where the market place rules and human beings are ruthlessly exploited to maximize profit. Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Nation Books) is the searing account of their travels. In an interview on Bill Moyers' show, Moyers & Company, Hedges discussed the reality of our destructive economy and corporate-owned political system. In this video, Moyers and Hedges discuss the vast swaths of America "that have been destroyed for quarterly profit." Check out the book today.