“The Senator Edward M. Kennedy Health Care Reform Act of 2009” “The Senator Edward M. Kennedy Health Care Reform Act of 2009”
Ted Kennedy led an epic life that defined American politics and policy-making across much of the latter half of the 20th century. Indeed, Kennedy was so much a part of our public ...
Aug 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Afghanistan Apocalypse Afghanistan Apocalypse
Yesterday afternoon at the Brookings Institution, four analysts portrayed a bleak and terrifying vision of the current state of affairs in Afghanistan in the wake of the president...
Aug 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’ ‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’
Iraq's Shiite religious parties, most with ties to Iran, have reestablished a political bloc called the Iraqi National Alliance. Among its founders are Ahmad Chalabi, the revered ...
Aug 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Holder — and Obama — Must Focus on Torture Accountability Holder — and Obama — Must Focus on Torture Accountability
Attorney General Eric Holder chose not to take the counsel of the Republican partisans who have been campaigning in recent weeks to avert an accountability moment with regard to t...
Aug 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Save the Public Option Save the Public Option
This post was researched and co-written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern. The healthcare battle is in full swing with the past month's news bei...
Aug 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Yacouba Sawadogo’s Vision Yacouba Sawadogo’s Vision
In the course of researching his forthcoming book on global warming, Living Through the Storm: How My Daughter's Generation Can Survive Climate Change, The Nation's environmental ...
Aug 24, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Voting in Kabul Voting in Kabul
(Women for Afghan Women, a humanitarian organization I've supported for many years, runs a shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Kabul, and a smaller one in ...
Aug 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Washington Post Flops Washington Post Flops
This is a media rant. I'm not one of those people who are constantly berating the media (the so-called "mainstream media") for their failings. However, for quite a while I've been...
Aug 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The accusations keep flying so fast and furious about Blackwater thatit's almost--almost--hard to be surprised byanything. The news thethe CIA under President Bush was contractin...
Aug 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: My new "Think Again" column is here. It's called "That Doggone Librul Media, Caught Again... " Also, I did a Daily Beast post this morning trying (hoping) to explain the ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Eric Alterman