The Battle for Healthcare Begins The Battle for Healthcare Begins
"If there is no public insurance option…then this is not reform at all." That's what Governor Howard Dean said last night in a conference call with thousands of activists -- an...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Trouble for Nepal More Trouble for Nepal
Just as tourism returns to the nascent Himalayan democracy, new political discord could derail economic recovery and a constitution.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition? Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition?
As Congress prepares legislation to slow global warming, what kind of jobs will it create?
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Joe Uehlein
Fox’s Extremely Misleading Editing Fox’s Extremely Misleading Editing
Fox News truncates or splices video to support its ideological slant regardless of context or speaker intent.
May 5, 2009 / Media Matters for America
WWII: The United States and the War WWII: The United States and the War
World War II breaks out in Europe, but The Nation (getting it wrong) says it presents no threat to the US, and we will not join the fighting.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
The Plight of Women Soldiers The Plight of Women Soldiers
More women have fought and died in Iraq than in all the wars since World War II put together. Yet the US military continues to treat them like second class citizens.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Helen Benedict
Michelle Obama, Mom-in-Chief Michelle Obama, Mom-in-Chief
With Mother's Day approaching I want to think about Michelle Obama's assertion that her primary role as First Lady is "Mom-in-Chief." Many progressive feminists were dis...
May 5, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Tax Haven Rhetoric Doesn’t Trump Job-Loss Reality Tax Haven Rhetoric Doesn’t Trump Job-Loss Reality
President Obama wants to close accounting loopholes for corporations that set up "tax havens" abroad. Excellent. But don't be fooled into thinking that this is a particularly s...
May 5, 2009 / John Nichols
Lessons From the Titanic Lessons From the Titanic
The terrible tragedy of the Titanic was entirely preventable.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors
The End of Herbert Hoover The End of Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt is elected on the promise of a new deal, something the country needs desperately.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors