The Nation’s Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel, will debate George Will and Karl Rove as part of a roundtable discussion on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos March 1st, at 10AM ET to discuss President Obama’s proposed 3.5 trillion dollar budget plan for the next fiscal year. Find your local station listing here.
Nation sports correspondent Dave Zirin will appear on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC Friday, Feb. 27th, at 9PM ET to discuss his recent Southpaw column on the mishandling of the case against baseball superstar Barry Bonds. Zirin is host of XM Radio’s Edge of Sports Radio and author of the forthcoming book A People’s History of Sports in the United States (The New Press).
On Wednesday, Feb. 25th, The Nation’s Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel will discuss the State of the Nation address on To The Point with host Warren Olney at 8PM ET. To The Point is a daily national news program co-produced by 89.9 KCRW and Public Radio International. Listen live by finding your local station listing or get the archived audio here.
The Nation’s Editor and Publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, will appear on the Thom Hartmann Show March 3rd at 2PM ET to discuss Meltdown, the new book out from The Nation and Nation Books about the economic crisis. Check here for station listings, to listen live and for the archived program.
In a dispatch from London, The Telegraph looked at the use of twitter among U.S. political reporters. Featuring The Nation’s Net Movement correspondent Ari Melber, Telegraph U.S. Editor Toby Harnden offered a great list of twitter feeds to follow for insights into the U.S. political process.
“Shelf Life”, a great feature at Utne.com, recently featured The Nation and Nicholas von Hoffman in its latest roundup. Each week, “Utne’s staff sifts through the newest additions to our library of 1,500-plus magazines, newsletters, journals, weeklies, zines, books, CDs, and DVDs. Since we can’t fit all the great content into our bimonthly magazine, we share the gems in a weekly round-up video on the web.” Here is the video:
In an event sponsored by Netroots Nation, The Nation’s Net Movement correspondent Ari Melber joined moderator Cheryl Contee (Jack and Jill Politics) and panelists Sam Graham-Felsen (Blue State Digital and the Barack Obama campaign), Mike Lux (Progressive Strategies LLC) and Amanda Terkel (ThinkProgress) for a conversation about what’s next for online organizing and new media. Watch the full video here.
The Nation’s sports correspondent Dave Zirin talked about the fallout from the Alex Rodriguez steroids revelation on Morning Joe this week. Watch the video below.
The Nation’s Net Movement correspondent Ari Melber headed to Sun Valley, Idaho last week for a discussion about Election 2008. Featuring Melber, along with CNBC-TV’s Julia Boorstin, the Los Angeles Times’ Mark Barabak and Van Gordon Sauter, former CBS News and Fox News president, the panel addressed how the Internet has changed politics and our culture, as well as more pointed questions about whether American journalism is moving toward a British system of opinion-heavy media. You can catch the local reaction here from the Idaho Mountain Express.
As Abraham Lincoln’s bicentennial birthday approaches, Bill Moyers sat down with historian, Nation Editorial Board Member and Lincoln biographer Eric Foner to discuss the legacy and the legend of America’s most studied president. Watch the video here.
