Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On Healthcare Passes, But the Fight Goes On
Before the healthcare reform bill reaches President Obama's desk, here are the issues that are still worth fighting on to ensure reform helps as many Americans as possible.
Dec 24, 2009 / J. Lester Feder
Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce
This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall a...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying
In the end, only one thing was more concerning to Republican opponents of healthcare reform than blocking action by the Senate: the threat of an interruption in their travel plans...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Holiday Week Slacker Holiday Week
My new Nation column is called "Focus on Israel" and it's on Israeli cinema, here and it's I wrote a short plug for Chip Taylor on the Beast, here And here again is ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Holiday Spirit? Holiday Spirit?
It's that familiar season, full of quaint old false beliefs. Like that crazy Santa Claus notion there's such a thing as just desserts. Who's been naughty and who's been nice? It's ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame Laughter Without a Moral Compass Is Lame
In Paul Krassner's new book, what's obscene is not sex but anything greedy, dishonest or cruel.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Danny Goldberg
Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010 Why War Will Take No Holidays in 2010
From the point of view of peace or de-escalation, 2010 will be a year of no significance.
Dec 23, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade 2009: Looking Back on the Year and a Decade
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel joins a panel discussion and takes a look back on the past decade, which some are calling "the worst ever."
Dec 23, 2009 / GRITtv
Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies
While good children will wait until December 25 to open their presents, Christmas has come early for the bad CEOS of soon-to-be-much-richer insurance companies. Insurance-industr...
Dec 23, 2009 / John Nichols
More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!
One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...
Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt