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Title: Pakistan: The Intersection
Runtime: 16:53
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: As mounting instability in Pakistan challenges the authority of President Pervez Musharraf, VideoNation correspondents Sam Graham-Felsen, James Jacoby and Ali Sethi travel to Lahore to assess the troubled nation's future through the eyes of students at both the progressive National College of Arts and Punjab University, where Islamic extremists hold sway.

Title: Tea Party on the National Mall
Runtime: 5:38
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: On April 15, the Tea Party came to Washington to lobby and demonstrate on the National Mall. Reporter Greg Kaufmann and filmmaker David Burkman were there to ask them what drives their politics.

David Carr: Government Funding Of Journalism is Not the Answer

Title: David Carr: Government Funding Of Journalism is Not the Answer
Runtime: 4:01
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In a conversation with The Nation's John Nichols and others about new models for journalism, Media Critic David Carr of The New York Times argues vigorously that government funding and subsidies can't save journalism, and discusses some "green shoots:" emerging new models that are promising new ways forward for the struggling media industry. More videos about the future of journalism and media are available at TheNation.com/multimedia

Title: Healthcare Bill Needs Reforms
Runtime: 26:10
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: John Nichols explains why he is excited about the possibilities for progressive reform to the healthcare bill.

Title: Liz Cheney Speaks Out
Runtime: 2:26
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In a compilation of clips, Liz Cheney--daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney--attempts to push the neoconservative agenda and defend her father's torture policies.

Title: New Media Is Not Filling the Void
Runtime: 4:13
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Pamela Newkirk explodes the myth that the Internet can somehow make up for the demise of newspapers and the consequent depletion of real reporting.

Title: Journalism as a Public Good
Runtime: 4:53
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Robert McChesney talks about the historical role of journalism in the US as a public good, and how, as such, it used to be heavily subsidized by the government.

John Nichols on Journalism: Is this the era of the nitwit?

Title: John Nichols on Journalism: Is this the era of the nitwit?
Runtime: 3:55
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: The Nation's John Nichols, on a panel about the future of media and his book "The Death and Life of American Journalism," examines if we're in the era of "the nitwit," or if Americans really want access to high-quality journalism.

Title: If You Want Change, Change Congress
Runtime: 4:18
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Professor Lawrence Lessig has know Barack Obama for 20 years, and supported all his campaigns. In this video produced for The Nation and FixCongressFirst.org, Lessig describes his concern over President Obama's limited approach to truly "changing Washington," and his view that Congress is a deeply broken institution that needs reform. Find out Professor Lessig's solutions and ideas in this video companion to his cover story for the February 4, 2010 issue of The Nation magazine, "How To Get Our Democracy Back." Read the story at http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100222/lessig

Title: Blackwater's Youngest Victim
Runtime: 25:49
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: On September 16, 2007, employees of the military contractor Blackwater, USA opened fire and killed at least 14 Iraqis in the infamous Nisour Square massacre. The youngest victim was Nine-year-old Ali Kinani, who died from a gunshot wound to the head. In this exclusive interview, produced for Democracy Now by The Nation's Jeremy Scahill and Richard Rowley of Big Noise Films, Ali's father Mohammed talks about his son, the shootings, and his struggle to win some justice for his son. Two and a half years after the shootings, Mohammed may be the one man standing between Blackwater and total impunity.

Journalism in 10: Students on the Future of Media

Title: Journalism in 10: Students on the Future of Media
Runtime: 6:08
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Speaking at The Nation/Campus Progress annual Student Journalism Conference, a range of student journalists reflect on the future of media. Where is journalism headed? What trends and technologies are changing the game? And with print in peril, is a career in journalism still worth it? Students from all over the country give their view of the changing media landscape, and the efficacy of current "J-School" curricula.

Tony Kushner on President Obama's Gay Rights Agenda

Title: Tony Kushner on President Obama's Gay Rights Agenda
Runtime: 5:12
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Playwright and activist Tony Kushner reflects on President Obama's first-year in office and his progress on gay rights.

Jane Mayer on Reporting and Protecting Sources After 9-11

Title: Jane Mayer on Reporting and Protecting Sources After 9-11
Runtime: 4:23
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the lingering chill of 9-11 on journalistic freedom and freedom of the press. In this video from The Nation's "Journalism in 10" series, she discusses new risks faced by anonymous sources and whistleblowers, the current status and political momentum around "shield laws," and national security exceptions to freedom of speech.

Dan Rather on The Crisis Facing American Media

Title: Dan Rather on The Crisis Facing American Media
Runtime: 7:11
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Dan Rather, Managing Editor of "Dan Rather Reports," on HDNet, discusses his "required reading" for anyone interested in journalism, and lays out his view of the crisis facing the media world today. As part of the "Journalism in 10" video series at TheNation.com, Rather discusses issues like the integrity of emerging new media, and how the internet is changing traditional journalism.

Title: Jane Mayer on Investigative Reporting
Runtime: 2:40
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In an excerpt of a forum hosted by "The Nation" on the future of media, The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the shrinking pool of investigative reporters today, and the challenges faced by publications that want to support quality investigative reporting. The video is part of The Nation's continuing "Journalism in 10" Series.

Interview: Congress Investigating Taliban Payola Reported in The Nation

Title: Interview: Congress Investigating Taliban Payola Reported in The Nation
Runtime: 4:59
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In this segment from CNN, Congressman John Tierney (D-MA) discusses his subcommittees investigation into charges that the U.S. Department of Defense is essentially bribing Taliban warlords so U.S. supply lines can travel through Afghanistan. The investigation was sparked by Aram Roston's Investigation in The Nation Magazine, "How the U.S. Funds the Taliban"

The Nation's Full Interview with David Plouffe

Title: The Nation's Full Interview with David Plouffe
Runtime: 40:17
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Unedited video of the full conversation between The Nation's Ari Melber and David Plouffe, author of "Audacity to Win" and Campaign Manager for Obama 2008. In the video, Plouffe responds to liberal criticism of healthcare reform, and touches on topics ranging from the midterm elections and Election 2010 to Organizing for America, President Obama's poll numbers and the performance of congress. Read analysis and see highlights at TheNation.com.

Plouffe Responds to Liberal Criticism of Healthcare Reform

Title: Plouffe Responds to Liberal Criticism of Healthcare Reform
Runtime: 2:13
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In an excerpt from an interview with The Nation, David Plouffe responded to liberal criticism of the President's current healthcare reform proposal. Plouffe, author of "Audacity to Win" and Campaign Manager for Obama '08, responded that he has "little tolerance" for criticism from progressives like Markos Moulitsas, and gave his defense of the bill currently moving through the senate. You can see the full video at TheNation.com.

Title: The Nation Interviews David Plouffe
Runtime: 5:33
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: In these excerpts from his interview with The Nation's Ari Melber, Obama 2008 Campaign Manager and "Audacity to Win" author David Plouffe responds to liberal critics of healthcare, discusses the prospects for Democrats in the 2010 election, and gives his view of the Obama presidency so far - and the grassroots activism of Organizing for America.

NACA Save the Dream Foreclosure Prevention

Title: NACA Save the Dream Foreclosure Prevention
Runtime: 9:40
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America's Save the Dream events prevent foreclosures by helping homeowners obtain mortgage modifications from their banks.

Title: Tony Kushner on Climate Change
Runtime: 5:01
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner reflects on the environmental legacy of "Angels in America," and discusses the artistic history and challenges of coping with climate change.

Title: A Conversation about Cuba and Castro
Runtime: 10:36
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: The novelist José Manuel Prieto and Nation contributor Daniel Wilkinson, the deputy director of the Americas division at Human Rights Watch, discuss Prieto's essay Travels by Taxi, from The Nation's Fall Books issue. Prieto was born in Havana in 1962 and left Cuba in the late 1980s, at odds with what he calls the Cuban Revolution's deep and terrible idealism. In his essay - and this video - Prieto reflects on the positive and negative consequences of that idealism for Cubans generally and also on the cultural and political dimensions of Cuba's relationship with the United States.

Title: Obama's Youth, One Year Later
Runtime: 6:02
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: One year after young voters and young organizers helped propel President Obama to victory, are "Obama's youth" still active? Where are they, what are they doing, and what issues are they engaged in? The Nation tracked 30 young voters and volunteers, for a compelling look at the Obama "youthquake" one year later.

Title: ABA Conference in Chicago, Day 2
Runtime: 6:35
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Rob Johnson, former chief economist, US Senate Banking Committee, discuss bailouts made to "too big to fail" companies.

Title: Protesters Target ABA In Chicago
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: A robust group of clergy, labor and progressive activists took the American Bankers Association by storm, protesting their annual conference and shaming the financial community for excessive pay and failing to use bailout funds to expand credit and help consumers suffering from the poor economy.

Title: "Going Rouge" on The Insider
Runtime: 2:30
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Entertainment Tonight's "The Insider" celebrity panel debates the forthcoming, "Going Rouge," asking if it's satire - or sabotage - of Sarah Palin's forthcoming biography, "Going Rogue." The Nation's Betsy Reed explains that its neither. "Going Rouge," available at OrBooks.com, is a necessary and serious look at former Governor Palin's record.

Title: In the Name of Democracy
Runtime: 3:06
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: "In the Name of Democracy" tells the story of the lead-up to the Iraq war through the eyes of Lt. Ehren Watada, the first officer in the US Army to refuse to deploy to Iraq.

Title: Five Questions About the Bailouts
Runtime: 8:06
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: How much money did we really spend on the bailouts? Where did it go? Are we getting it back? The Nation's Washington D.C. Editor Chris Hayes explains how the bailouts were really $17.5 trillion - not $700 billion - and if President Obama, Tim Geithner and the architects of "TARP" will pay a political price if the bailouts don't lead to job creation.

"Republican Gomorrah" and the GOP Crackup

Title: "Republican Gomorrah" and the GOP Crackup
Runtime: 6:44
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Max Blumenthal on the tea-baggers, sex scandals, religious fanaticism and zombie mentality that are driving today's Republican party, and its opposition to healthcare reform and the Obama agenda.

Marcy Wheeler: Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare

Title: Marcy Wheeler: Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare
Runtime: 3:27
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Investigative journalist and blogger Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel) critiques the "Baucus Bill," the Senate and House approaches to healthcare reform, and how progressives can and should advocate for real reform with a robust public option.

Title: Iron City in the Shadow of the G20
Runtime: 8:43
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: Pittsburgh locals and anti-G20 activists reflect on the city's history, the economic and social impacts of the summit, as well as resistance and alternatives to corporate globalization.

The Insiders: Mark Luckie on the Future of Journalism

Title: The Insiders: Mark Luckie on the Future of Journalism
Runtime: 2:35
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: What will journalism look like in 5 years? In 10? How is multimedia changing the game? As part of a series from The Nation on the future of journalism, journalist and blogger Mark Luckie of media/tech blog 10,000 words.net gives his view on where the media is heading, and how the changes in journalism will impact political reporting.

The Insiders: David Schimke on the Future of Journalism

Title: The Insiders: David Schimke on the Future of Journalism
Runtime: 4:58
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: What will journalism look like in 5 years? In 10? Is print dead? As part of a series from The Nation on the future of journalism, David Schimke of the Utne Reader gives his view on where the media is heading, and how the changes in journalism will impact political reporting.

The Insiders: John Nichols on the Future of Journalism

Title: The Insiders: John Nichols on the Future of Journalism
Runtime: 7:43
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: What will journalism look like in 5 years? In 10? Is print dead? As part of a series from The Nation on the future of journalism, John Nichols gives his view on where the media is heading, and how the changes in journalism will impact political reporting.

The Insiders: Nick Penniman on the Future of Journalism

Title: The Insiders: Nick Penniman on the Future of Journalism
Runtime: 3:53
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: What will journalism look like in 5 years? In 10? Is print dead? As part of a series from The Nation on the future of journalism, Nick Penniman of the HuffPost Investigative Fund gives his view on where the media is headed.

The Insiders: Ana Marie Cox on the Future of Journalism

Title: The Insiders: Ana Marie Cox on the Future of Journalism
Runtime: 2:35
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: As part of a Nation Magazine series on the shape of journalism in the years to come, Air America's Ana Marie Cox sounds off on what she thinks journalism and the media will look like in 5-10 years.

"Katrina's Hidden Race War" Four Years Later

Title: "Katrina's Hidden Race War" Four Years Later
Runtime: 5:54
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "Katrina's Hidden Race War", a cover story featured in The Nation, supported by the Investigative fund at the The Nation Institute, and reported by A.C. Thompson (now a staff reporter at ProPublica), was the first to reveal how white residents of New Orleans shot at African-American men.

HBO Documentaries: Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi!

Title: HBO Documentaries: Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi!
Runtime: 0:51
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: HBO Documentaries: Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi! Focuses on the 2007 kidnapping and murder of a 24-year-old Afghan who was hired by foreign journalists to help gather news stories. Ajmal Naqshbandi and an Italian reporter were captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, but while the journalist was spared, he was killed. Interweaving footage of Ajmal on assignment with an American journalist six months before his abduction, this 2009 Tribeca Film Festival winner shows how Ajmal's friends, family and fellow abductee try to make sense of his murder.

Honduran Immigrants Speak Out on The Coup In Their Country

Title: Honduran Immigrants Speak Out on The Coup In Their Country
Runtime: 5:58
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: In the wake of political unrest in Honduras, Honduran immigrants in New York City discuss their view of recent events that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office, and replaced him with three-time Presidential Candidate Roberto Micheletti. Produced by Joseph Huff-Hannon and Marcos Meconi.

Title: The Politics of Climate Change
Runtime: 3:18
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin discusses the prospect of climate change legislation in 2009: Will the "ACES" bill, passed in the House, also pass the Senate? What are the political impacts of the bill in 2010 and 2012? And will the current bill actually stop climate change?

Will Unemployment Sink the Obama Agenda?

Title: Will Unemployment Sink the Obama Agenda?
Runtime: 3:33
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: The Nation's Washington, D.C. Correspondent, John Nichols, explains how the rising rates of unemployment could imperil The Obama Presidency. Nichols looks at the political risks of joblessness, and discusses the need for a second stimulus.

Title: Postal Crisis 2009
Runtime: 2:21
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Katrina vanden Heuvel on the crisis facing political magazines in the wake of more postal rate increases.

Title: Dahlia Lithwick: Judging Sotomayor
Runtime: 3:55
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: As the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor kick off, The Nation interviews Slate's Dahlia Lithwick for a preview. What should we expect this week? What will be the Republican lines of attack, and will they work? If confirmed, what kind of Justice will she be?

Title: Deepak Bhargava: Obama's Poverty Agenda
Runtime: 3:29
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Obama's Poverty Agenda

The Nation's Ari Melber on Obama's Transparency Problem

Title: The Nation's Ari Melber on Obama's Transparency Problem
Runtime: 4:47
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Before taking office, President Obama stated his intent to bring unheralded transparency to his administration in a stark contrast to the secretive years of the Bush White House. Ari Melber, net movement correspondent for The Nation assessed that progress at the "Obama@100: A Progress Report from The Nation" panel discussion in Washington, DC April 22.

While the President has done well honoring public information requests and embracing web and citizen media, access to information by the other two branches remains challenging. Melber was joined by The Nation's Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington, DC Editor Chris Hayes, National Affairs Correspondent William Greider, the Executive Director of the Center for Community Change Deepak Bhargava, Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN).

Escalation in Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam?

Title: Escalation in Afghanistan: Obama's Vietnam?
Runtime: 5:54
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses the Obama administration's hopeful first steps and the potential stumbling block posed by Afghanistan. At a forum called "Obama at 100: A Progress Report from The Nation" held on April 21, 2009 in Washington DC, Katrina vanden Heuvel discussed the refreshing rhetorical change the Obama presidency had brought to American foreign policy. However, quoting the president, vanden Heuvel pointed out that "the greatest test is 'not only words, but also deeds'" and, in his conduct of the war in Afghanistan, she feared Obama may not be passing the test. "I do see parallels with Vietnam," vanden Heuvel warned. "If we are interested in seeing a successful Obama presidency...
we as allies do a service to the nation and this administration by speaking out and offering smart alternatives" such as an Congressional hearings, an exit strategy and visibility to anti-war efforts.

Rep. Donna Edwards: Why Obama Needs Tough Love

Title: Rep. Donna Edwards: Why Obama Needs Tough Love
Runtime: 5:19
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Representative Donna Edwards provides a look into the Congressional Progressive Caucus and urges progressives to speak up and challenge the Obama presidency to deliver innovative and powerful legislation. Edwards discussed the state of the presidency at the "Obama @ 100: A Progress Report from The Nation" forum April 22 in Washington, DC. Panelists in the discussion included The Nation's Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington, DC Editor Chris Hayes, Net Movement Correspondent Ari Melber, National Affairs Correspondent William Greider, the Executive Director of the Center for Community Change Deepak Bhargava, and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN).

The Best and Worst of Obama's First 100 Days

Title: The Best and Worst of Obama's First 100 Days
Runtime: 13:59
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Meeting before President Obama's 100th day in office, The Nation editors and writers discuss the encouraging decisions of the administration as well as some moves that deserve criticism from the left as plans go forward. While panelists gave Obama praise for signing the stimulus bill and repealing the global gag rule, the administration's reluctance to prosecute Bush-era officials for torture has disappointed progressives. Panelists in the discussion included The Nation's Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington, D.C. Editor Chris Hayes, Net Movement Correspondent Ari Melber, National Affairs Correspondent William Greider, the Executive Director of the Center for Community Change Deepak Bhargava, Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN).

Title: The Nation Cruise 2009
Runtime: 3:21
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: Every year, The Nation cruise brings together supporters of the magazine with its writers, contributors and heros. Hosted by Victor Navasky and Katrina vanden Heuvel each cruise features speakers like Calvin Trillin, Jeremy Scahill, Katha Pollitt, Jesse Jackson, Jr, Howard Dean, John Nichols and Patricia Williams, all of whom speak on panels and mix and mingle with the cruisers all week. The trip provides the opportunity to engage in challenging conversation and also helps provide critical revenue to help keep America's oldest weekly alive and well. For more information or to book a cabin please visit www.nationcruise.com or call 888-833-4339.

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Obama's First 100 Days

Title: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Obama's First 100 Days
Runtime: 4:17
Date posted: 18 years ago
Description: As President Obama hits his 100th day in office, the marker is defined both by accomplishments--like pledging to close Guantánamo, repealing the Global Gag Rule and working toward nuclear nonproliferation--and blemishes, particularly the flawed bank bailout and questionable plans for military escalation in Afghanistan. In this video, The Nation's Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel discusses Obama's actions from the first 100 hours on, and answers some unaddressed questions from The Nation's recent "Obama @ 100" forum in Washington, DC, which featured a panel of Nation writers and Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-MD).

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