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Today's “right to life” rhetoric is a bizarre cross between the theological imperative to be fruitful and multiply and the fetishism of microbiological cellular promise.

Barack Obama

The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.

Tammy Baldwin

The congresswoman and Senate candidate talks to The Nation about fair trade, Citizens United and what healthcare reform really means for Wisconsin.

Students miss 50 million hours of school each year because of dental problems. A hearing Wednesday confronts the crisis.

Pinkwashing

The controversy provided a long-overdue spotlight on the difference between feminism as a brand and feminism as a political movement.

President Obama making calls to members of Congress

Obama and America's hundred-year struggle over healthcare reform.

Bucking its reputation as a city addicted to the automobile, Long Beach, California, establishes the nation’s first officially “bike-friendly” business districts.

Healthcare provided by Medicaid

The insurance program is facing its toughest challenges just as the health reform law is poised to expand eligibility for millions of Americans.

Anne Roiphe

Anne Rophie’s Art and Madness, Millicent Monk’s Songs of Three Islands, Maisie Houghton’s Pitch Uncertain.

Blogs

 After early struggles and White House hurdles, Obama's grassroots arm says it helped swing tangible votes for health care reform.

March 22, 2010

Congress begins to forge FDR's "essential link in our national defenses against individual and social insecurity.”

March 21, 2010

Stupak endorses bill as raucous debate moves forward and vote approaches.

March 21, 2010

When it comes to women's health, key congressman turns for advice to men.

March 20, 2010

New poll says health-care legislation is now backed by 46 percent, opposed by 42 percent.

March 19, 2010

"Congress, and its Catholics, should say yes to health care reform," argues key Catholic paper, as representatives of 59,000 nuns back reform.

March 18, 2010

"If my vote is to be counted, let it now count for passage of the bill, hopefully in the direction of comprehensive health care reform."

March 17, 2010

The Florida congressman who "gets it" proposes the next step on the road to real reform.

March 17, 2010

 A remarkable new survey asks Americans to explain their health care position in their own words, and the visuals are revealing.

March 15, 2010

Why do Republicans keep telling Democrats not to back reform? Could it be because they've read the polls that showing doing so will help Democrats?

March 15, 2010