Nation Conversations

Iraq vet, former financial adviser and OWS protester Derek McGee reflects on the changes that have occurred in this country since September 11, 2001.

Will the state's Republicans respond more to Gingrich's social conservative act, or Romney's businessman persona?

The former "killer lobbyist" and convicted felon explains that although it will be difficult, the system he exploited must be changed.

Abramoff made a lot of powerful friends during his days peddling influence in DC, but he never took a shine to Newt.

One year after their revolution, Egyptians are facing a much deeper struggle.

To reconnect with the Latino vote that helped elect him in 2008, Obama needs to take two important steps, says Dr. Soto.

Faced with the retail giant's continued suppression and intimidation, Walmart workers have found untraditional ways to unionize.

Lizzy Ratner argues that the food stamp program is one of the few American safety net institutions that actually functions.

The human crisis caused by extreme unequal distribution of wealth did not happen overnight. So why hasn't there been nation-wide populist movements like Occupy Wall Street until now?

The militarization of our police forces has turned a vital public-safety institution against its own people.

As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has deliberately and systematically bankrupted state-provided healthcare for low income and uninsured women.

With a prejudicial tax code and a decrease in financial regulations, it's a good time to be a CEO.

American politicians try not to talk about it, but it's been apparent to the Pakistani security complex for some time: the Afghan Taliban cannot be militarily defeated.

Occupy Wall Street may be a directly democratic and leaderless movement, but that doesn’t mean it lacks structure—or that it isn’t preoccupied by questions of representation. In this week’s installment of Nation Conversations, web editor Emily Douglas and reporter Sarah Seltzer discuss the role of women in Zuccotti Park, and the complex issues of minority participation that female activists have encountered.

The only way out of our national mortgage crisis is through widespread debt forgiveness.