Justice Sonia Sotomayor Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Judge Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed to serve as the 111th justice on the United States Supreme Court. President Barack Obama declared that the vote, by an overwhelming 68-31...
Aug 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study
Ezra Klein links to some interesting polling today that shows a (slim) plurality saying Obama's health care reform proposals are a "bad idea," but a strong majority supporting the...
Aug 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Statement on Missing US Hikers Statement on Missing US Hikers
Three Americans, including Shane Bauer, a contributor to The Nation, went missing while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan and are presumed to be detained by Iranian authorities. ...
Aug 6, 2009 / Shon Meckfessel
A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma
Did Obama sell out? If House Democrats don't insist on the government's prerogative to bargain for lower prices, reform is impossible.
Aug 6, 2009 / William Greider
We Need More Protest to Make Reform Possible We Need More Protest to Make Reform Possible
If progressives are serious about economic and healthcare reform, they must embrace the same approach with Obama they once took with FDR and "make him do it."
Aug 6, 2009 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Spy vs. Spy Spy vs. Spy
I've got a new Think Again called "The Mainstream Media Opens the DoortoHate" here. For those of you who've been following the Izzy Stone imbroglio, youwill have noted that Me...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Is Bipartisanship Bad for Healthcare? Is Bipartisanship Bad for Healthcare?
The Nation's Chris Hayes points out that conservative senators have little reason to vote for a healthcare reform, and Republicans will run against the bill in 2010 no matter what.
Aug 6, 2009 / Countdown
Blackwater or Murder, Inc.? Blackwater or Murder, Inc.?
Between the illegal weapons, explosive ammunition and the possibility that Blackwater operatives killed civilians as practice, the picture of the military contractor gets darker by...
Aug 6, 2009 / Countdown
Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day
The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.
Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg
Ahmadinejad II Ahmadinejad II
A intensified crackdown in Iran in the next few weeks and months might make the post-election repression of Iran's opposition movement so far look mild. Now that President Ahmadin...
Aug 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss