Sanders Stands on Principle: No Reform w/out Public Option Sanders Stands on Principle: No Reform w/out Public Option
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to get the 60 votes he will need to break a Republican filibuster and pass a health care reform bill, he's going to have to include a ro...
Nov 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Another Helping of FDR Please Another Helping of FDR Please
President Obama has produced a credible, if not exactly inspired Thanksgiving Proclamation. Most of the statement relies on the usual boilerplate language employed by our recent ...
Nov 26, 2009 / John Nichols
The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won’t) The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won’t)
What if the president actually decided to take an "off-ramp" from the Afghan War?
Nov 25, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Crunch Time in the Senate Crunch Time in the Senate
Will conservative and liberal objections to the Senate healthcare bill's provisions regarding women's health doom the legislation?
Nov 25, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street
Is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the sweetheart deals that passed billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the banks that caused the meltdown?
Nov 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Filibuster Follies Filibuster Follies
With 35 million people uninsured, and Big Insurance on the verge of receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies through healthcare reform, the idea that a Blanche Lincol...
Nov 25, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan Revealed Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan Revealed
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on how the US Joint Special Operations Command has hired some Blackwater operatives to plan assassinations.
Nov 25, 2009 / MSNBC
2012: The Year of Sarahpocalypse 2012: The Year of Sarahpocalypse
Keith Olbermann sounds off on Sarah Palin's apocalyptic political career, and what we can really expect in the future.
Nov 25, 2009 / Countdown
Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge
President Obama plans to formally announce on December 1 his decision with regard to the request from some of his more ambitious generals for a massive troop surge in Afghanistan....
Nov 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Bad Black Mothers Bad Black Mothers
Bad black mothers are everywhere these days. With Michelle Obama in the White House, consciously and conspicuously serving as mom-in-chief, I expected (even somewhat dreaded) a r...
Nov 25, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry