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How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses

If Haitians are ever going to recover from the crisis caused by the massive earthquake that very nearly leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, they are going to need nurses.

Jan 18, 2010 / John Nichols

William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat

A suddenly populist Barack Obama tore into the Republicans for siding with banks rather than consumers and taxpayers Sunday in Boston, hoping that his fiery rhetoric would revive t...

Jan 17, 2010 / John Nichols

Obama’s Fine Moment Obama’s Fine Moment

Barack Obama has responded to the devastating earthquake in Haiti with precisely the combination of dignity and determination that Americans--who were so frustrated by the disengag...

Jan 17, 2010 / John Nichols

Is Obama “Fired Up and Ready to Go”? Is Obama “Fired Up and Ready to Go”?

Barack Obama heads to Massachusetts to face a challenge of epic proportions: He must renew the campaign of the Democrat whose victory or defeat will determine whether the presiden...

Jan 15, 2010 / John Nichols

Around The Nation Around The Nation

This is our first "Around the Nation" of 2010 and I'm still playing withthe format. This week I thought I'd try breaking the feature up intoclearer sections. Let me know ...

Jan 15, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

What Would Tom Paine Think?

Jan 15, 2010 / Eric Alterman

The Decade in Feminism, Continued The Decade in Feminism, Continued

Surveying a decade of feminism in 1000 words was clearly beyond my powers of compression even after I'd jettisoned the whole world outside the United States. Several people wr...

Jan 15, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday

Think Again, "What would Molly say?" and Game Change.

 

Jan 14, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti Wyclef Jean’s Urgent Cry to Save Haiti

Before Haiti was hit by an earthquake so devastating that the whole world paid notice to that impoverished and frequently neglected land, the singer Wyclef Jean organized the Yele...

Jan 14, 2010 / John Nichols

Helping Haiti Helping Haiti

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country struck Haiti yesterday, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere's poorest nation.

Jan 13, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

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