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Obama Gathers Leaders at Healthcare Summit Obama Gathers Leaders at Healthcare Summit

On February 25, twenty-one Congressional leaders and top committee members debated controlling costs, insurance reform, and expanding coverage at President Obama's highly anticipated bipartisan healthcare summit.

Mar 16, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Students Protest Education Cuts Students Protest Education Cuts

With the economy struggling to recover, funding for public higher education has taken an inevitable hit. But across the country, students are saying: Think twice before depriving us, and your state, of our futures.

Mar 16, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

83% of MoveOn Members Back Obama on Health Reform 83% of MoveOn Members Back Obama on Health Reform

Activist group asks members whether they back Obama's approach on health-care reform.

Mar 9, 2010 / The Nation

Obama: Change We Can Believe In? Obama: Change We Can Believe In?

Watch a live webcast tonight of "Obama: Change We Can Believe In?" featuring Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ben Smith of Politico.com, Gretchen Morgenson of The New...

Mar 9, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation

Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation Slide Show: Women’s History, Across the Globe, in The Nation

In honor of Women's History Month, The Nation has compiled a collection of articles from the magazine's archive dating back to 1865. We present them with an accompanying slide show that features milestones in women's history and the courageous women behind them.

Mar 8, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies

Nation writers Robert McChesney and John Nichols support
government subsidies to sustain journalism in the future.

Mar 5, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: The Wrong Kind of Green Slide Show: The Wrong Kind of Green

A look at the most questionable 'green' organizations that are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world's worst polluters.

Mar 4, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Bunning’s Low Point Bunning’s Low Point

Chris Hayes discusses Senator Bunning's bill-blocking decision that has left 400,000 Americans without
unemployment benefits.

Mar 2, 2010 / The Nation

Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

Individuals can be a powerful engine for change by demanding green products and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Feb 25, 2010 / The Nation

Slide Show: Civil Rights in The Nation Slide Show: Civil Rights in The Nation

In honor of Black History Month, The Nation has assembled a collection of articles from the magazine's archive dating back to 1865. We present them here with an accompanying slide show featuring some of the most important benchmarks in African-American history.

Feb 23, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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