Republican = Conservative = Fox? Republican = Conservative = Fox?
The Nation's John Nichols talks to Hardball's Chris Matthews about President Obama's decision to marginalize Fox News.
Oct 27, 2009 / MSNBC
How Many Experts Declared Public Option Dead? How Many Experts Declared Public Option Dead?
As the Senate moves towards including some form of public option in health care reform, it is worth remembering all the Washington "experts" who already declared the publ...
Oct 27, 2009 / Ari Melber
The Iraqi Time Bomb The Iraqi Time Bomb
More and more, it seems that the Obama administration has utterly forgotten about Iraq. With its laser-like focus on Afghanistan and its diplomacy with Iran, it's rare that Iraq g...
Oct 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bankers and Their Victims Bankers and Their Victims
Day two of the Showdown in Chicago, a three-day-long protest against big banks, began a bit dismally for The Nation. An email from American Bankers Association spokesman John Hall ...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option Reid to Back ‘Opt-Out’ Public Option
Sen. Harry Reid will introduce a healthcare reform bill including an "opt-out" public option--grounds for disappointment, says Ari Melber.
Oct 26, 2009 / MSNBC
What We Can Learn from Afghanistan’s History What We Can Learn from Afghanistan’s History
A report from 1929 lays out many of the problems facing Afghanistan today.
Oct 26, 2009 / Feature / T. H. K. Rezmie
Honduras’s ‘Bloodless Coup’: What You’re Not Seeing on TV Honduras’s ‘Bloodless Coup’: What You’re Not Seeing on TV
In Honduras, people are dying while the world looks the other way. Real international pressure--especially from the US--is the only force that could stop that now.
Putting Caste on Notice Putting Caste on Notice
Navi Pillay is the first UN human rights commissioner to take on caste discrimination.
Oct 26, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives
Harry Reid just announced that he'll include a public option (with a provision that allows individual states to opt out of it) in the version of the health care bill he brings to ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security. Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security.
"Deadliest bombs since '07 shatter Iraqi Complexes. Key Government Sites. Synchronized car blast kill more than 130 -- Security issue." So reads the headline in ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Laura Flanders