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Yo Soy 132 Joins Forces With Occupy Wall Street Against World's Richest Man
ALLISON KILKENNY | The Mexican protest group Yo Soy 132 says Carlos Slim has exploited their country to achieve unmatched wealth.
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Undocumented Immigrants Ride Through the South, Headed For a DNC Coming Out
AURA BOGADO | Why would a group of people who are ineligible to vote engage in electoral politics? We talk to a rider on the "UndocuBus" to find out.
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Oscar Pistorius and 'the Dignity of Risk'
DAVE ZIRIN | Pistorius has made history by becoming the first double amputee to compete at the Olympic Games.
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The Glaring Problem With National Starbucks Appreciation Day
CORD JEFFERSON | Since when did giving millions of dollars to already wealthy corporations become a protest?
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Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession
BRYCE COVERT | Pulling back on support for the unemployed is just the latest side effect of state legislators' decisions to dole out tax cuts.
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Chris Hayes Gets Called 'Media Elite' by Stephen Colbert
THE NATION | Stephen Colbert took Hayes to task on his show, holding up Hayes's book Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy.
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Media Help Advance Romney's Lies About Ohio Early Voting
GEORGE ZORNICK | The Obama campaign is not trying to restrict military voting rights in Ohio, so why do some reporters repeat that claim?
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Announcing Joan Baez on the Nation Cruise
December 9th to 16th, 2012

We are delighted to welcome Joan Baez as our special musical guest on this year's Nation Cruise! For the last 14 years, the Nation Cruise has presented America's top progressives and their ideas to Nation readers, while also helping raise money to support the publication of America's oldest weekly. Other guests on this year's cruise include Victor Navasky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Chris Hayes, Dave Zirin, Gary Younge, John Nichols and Frances Fox Piven, among many others. Watch videos of past cruises and find out more!