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Articles

The Shame of our Nursing Homes (Healthcare Policy)

Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Eric Bates

Nonsilence = Death, Too? (Social Justice, HIV and AIDS, LGBT, Sex and Sexuality, Theater, Society)

In seven novels and a collection of essays published since 1981, Sarah Schulman has methodically chronicled the history of her longtime neighborhood, Manhattan's East Village.

Mark J. Huisman

Hawaii Wakes Up To Pesticides (Biotechnology, Health, Environment)

The US Department of Agriculture plans to eradicate three species of fruit fly in Hawaii by spraying suspected carcinogens and mutagens on the islands.

W.S. Merwin

Blogs

The Tea Party Freedom Fighters

Tom Tomorrow

Standing up for your right to be denied health coverage.

October 1, 2013

Spread the Word: The Hyde Amendment Must Be Repealed

Take Action

Spread the word about the new fight for expanded abortion access and the need to repeal the Hyde Amendment.

September 30, 2013

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

John Nichols

The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.

September 23, 2013

When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture

Marie Myung-Ok Lee

It’s time to do something about our national gun crisis.

September 23, 2013

Republican Lawmakers Are Playing Politics With Human Lives, in Four Pictures

Lee Fang

Republicans have acknowledged that the health reform programs they intend to defund help save lives.

September 20, 2013

Is the Pope Getting on Board With the Nuns on the Bus?

John Nichols

In a remarkable interview, Pope Francis calls for a “new balance” on issues such as abortion and LGBT rights. Has he opened the door for a renewed focus on economic justice?

September 20, 2013

The Creepiest Anti-Obamacare Commercial Ever—as Young Woman Visits ‘Doctor’

Greg Mitchell

A Koch brothers-funded commercial aims to scare young women away from Obamacare.

September 19, 2013

How to Help the Refugees in Syria

Peter Rothberg

With the imminent threat of a US military intervention seemingly receding, the world's focus should be on aiding the increasingly desperate Syrian population.

September 12, 2013

AFL-CIO Convention Closes With Obamacare Critique and Call for 'Bipartisan Political Action'

Josh Eidelson

Union presidents challenged the Obama administration to fix Affordable Care Act issues which they warned could devastate their health plans.

September 12, 2013

NYC's Disappearing Neighborhood Hospitals

Allison Kilkenny

Since 2000, nineteen hospitals have closed across New York City and protesters are now fighting to stop the twentieth closure.

August 19, 2013