Can the Public Option Be Saved? Can the Public Option Be Saved?
Outside Washington, there is still a sense that a serious debate about healthcare reform is going on. In Washington, there is a good deal of fear among informed and engaged progr...
Sep 29, 2009 / John Nichols
Around The Nation Around The Nation
When an event like the G-20 in Pittsburgh wraps up, there are always two big questions to ask: What decisions inside the convention center will impact policy around the world? And ...
Sep 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can the US-Iran Talks Succeed? Can the US-Iran Talks Succeed?
The US-Iran talks start Thursday in Geneva and, while a lot of other countries will be there too -- the UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany are all part of the so-called P5 + 1...
Sep 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
William Safire: Conservative Critic of Media Monopoly William Safire: Conservative Critic of Media Monopoly
Bill Safire and I disagreed on more issues than we agreed. It's like that with former Nixon speechwriters and Nation scribes. But Safire, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Tim...
Sep 28, 2009 / John Nichols
A Compass for Fair Food A Compass for Fair Food
Over the years, The Nation and I have closely tracked the heroic work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) as they have fought to protect agriculture workers in the fields o...
Sep 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CO2 Is Green CO2 Is Green
An article in yesterday's Washington Post exposed the coal and oil industry interests behind recent national TV ads arguing against climate change legislation. The ads tout the b...
Sep 27, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
MoveOn Calls for Afghanistan Exit Strategy MoveOn Calls for Afghanistan Exit Strategy
The online activist group MoveOn.org, which experienced its mostexplosive growth when it emerged as a focal point for opposition to thewar in Iraq, has been criticized for failin...
Sep 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Iran Bombshell: US Reveals Secret Facility Iran Bombshell: US Reveals Secret Facility
It isn't clear why, exactly, the United States and its allies revealed today what they know about a secret uranium enrichment facility in Iran. The New York Times, which broke the...
Sep 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Senate-Pick Kirk ‘s Insurance, Drug-Industry “Conflicts” Senate-Pick Kirk ‘s Insurance, Drug-Industry “Conflicts”
On Friday, former Democratic National Committee chair Paul Kirk cleared what was probably his last legal hurdle to become the selected-not-elected "temporary senator" from Massach...
Sep 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: Our Think Again column is called "Falling for the Far Right'sACORN Agenda" and deals with the manner in which the MSM got rolled byright-wing re-working vis-a-vis ACORN....
Sep 25, 2009 / Eric Alterman