Single-Payer Will Come Out on Top Single-Payer Will Come Out on Top
With the public dialogue deteriorating, we should affirm that we can get better healthcare by sticking together to support single payer
Aug 24, 2009 / Joanne Landy and Laura S. Boylan MD
Yacouba Sawadogo’s Vision Yacouba Sawadogo’s Vision
In the course of researching his forthcoming book on global warming, Living Through the Storm: How My Daughter's Generation Can Survive Climate Change, The Nation's environmental ...
Aug 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Voting in Kabul Voting in Kabul
(Women for Afghan Women, a humanitarian organization I've supported for many years, runs a shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Kabul, and a smaller one in ...
Aug 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Washington Post Flops Washington Post Flops
This is a media rant. I'm not one of those people who are constantly berating the media (the so-called "mainstream media") for their failings. However, for quite a while I've been...
Aug 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The accusations keep flying so fast and furious about Blackwater thatit's almost--almost--hard to be surprised byanything. The news thethe CIA under President Bush was contractin...
Aug 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Women Need Healthcare Reform Why Women Need Healthcare Reform
Under the current healthcare system, many women have become a medical underclass. So why do so many oppose a healthcare overhaul?
Aug 21, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
America’s Super-Rich America’s Super-Rich
So the New York Times reports today that America's ultra-wealthy may finally be feeling the pinch. "After 30-Year Run, Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall," Davi...
Aug 21, 2009 / Eyal Press
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: My new "Think Again" column is here. It's called "That Doggone Librul Media, Caught Again... " Also, I did a Daily Beast post this morning trying (hoping) to explain the ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics
Americans who've been bringing guns to public meetings about healthcare reform are really just responding to a media-wide casting call for crazies.
Aug 21, 2009 / Dan Bischoff
Fixing Afghanistan Fixing Afghanistan
Some thoughts on Afghanistan, now that the election's come and gone. I don't usually find inspiration in the pages of the Washington Times, are rarely if ever in the writings of ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss