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A little story in The Nation can spark a national debate. As an independent media outlet, we depend on your assistance and activism to help keep our stories in the news. All articles (and blog posts) on TheNation.com link to several different websites where you can save and archive the pieces you like; share articles with friends; and recommend The Nation articles you think are the most important to a wider audience.

Each of the services is free, and requires only a simple registration. Here's a brief description of how they work along with links you can follow to register and find out more:

BuzzFlash

With a focus on progressive news and commentary -- particularly breaking political news and opinions, including blogs -- BuzzFlash ranks the most popular progressive stories among it's community of readers. You can "buzz" an article; that tells other readers that you think its an important story to see. You can also create a profile to keep the links you like and show other community members what stories you've been reading.

To register, go to http://www.buzzflash.net/register.php

For more information about BuzzFlash, go to http://www.buzzflash.net/faq-en.php

del.icio.us

del.icio.us lets you save all your bookmarks online, instead of in your browser. Del.icio.us also gives you the ability to "tag" your bookmarks with descriptive category names. For example, someone who has bookmarked multiple web pages that deal with the 2008 election could tag those links with any terms he wants, i.e. "Democrats," "Mike Gravel," "politics," etc. More important, as members of a "social bookmarking" community, del.icio.us users can see how many other people have bookmarked the same pages, and they can look at those users' bookmark collections. This tells other del.icio.us users what articles you think are must-reads.

To register, go to http://del.icio.us/register

For more information about Del.icio.us, go to http://del.icio.us/about/

Digg

Digg users share content by submitting links to the site, digg.com. The community then votes on how interesting it finds a given article. Articles with lots of votes, or "diggs," rise higher on the site's main page and topical subsection pages. Digg also lets users categorize the content they are submitting and label it with descriptions.

To register and start to "Digg" Nation content, go to http://digg.com/register

For more information about Digg, go to http://digg.com/about

Facebook

Facebook is a "social networking" site where you create a profile about yourself; you can then connect with friends, share interests, join groups, send messages, post photos and search for friends and colleagues from your school, company or even your neighborhood.

If you're a registered user on Facebook, you can share links to Nation articles on your profile page. This tells all your "networks" that you think an article is worth reading. You can also let friends know about The Nation by adding us to your "magazine rack."

To register, go to https://register.facebook.com/r.php

For more information about Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/about.php

Newsvine

Updated continuously by Internet users, Newsvine is an "instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment." People submit stories to Newsvine and the stories commented on by the most people rise to the top of the site's "conversation tracker."

To register, go to https://www.newsvine.com/_tools/new/user

For more information about Newsvine, go to http://www.newsvine.com

Reddit allows users to submit news articles and other online content that you want people to see. Users give articles a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Reddit then uses those votes to build a user profile and find articles to recommend to you.

To register, go to http://reddit.com/login

For more information about Reddit, go to http://reddit.com/help/faq

Are there services we don't know about? Let us know. E-mail us with suggestions for sharing sites, content archives/aggregators and "chiclets" that could help spread the word about Nation articles.