Crafting Health Reform Crafting Health Reform
Healthcare reform is looking less like a fantasy and more like a probability--but we need to keep a close watch on affordability, financing and the public option.
Oct 21, 2009 / J. Lester Feder
Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice
US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.
Oct 21, 2009 / The Editors
Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
New Rules for Schools New Rules for Schools
The most effective way to fight violence in schools is not the widespread "zero tolerance" model. Thankfully, Clayton County, Georgia, may have the perfect solution.
Oct 14, 2009 / Amy Bach
Left Turn in Jersey Left Turn in Jersey
By embracing the left instead of running to the center, New Jersey's Democratic Governor Jon Corzine has revitalized his once-troubled re-election campaign.
Oct 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
GOP obstruction of Obama appointees continues to succeed; an immigration-policing program draws substantial heat; The Nation's Gary Younge receives Britain's prestigious James Came...
Oct 14, 2009 / The Editors
The ACORN Standard The ACORN Standard
A growing number of lawmakers are starting to ask: if ACORN's federal funding should be under intense scrutiny, why aren't the billions of dollars going to out-of-control contracto...
Oct 14, 2009 / Jeremy Scahill
Obama’s Nobel Obama’s Nobel
Did the president deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize? No, of course not. But he still has a chance to earn it.
Oct 14, 2009 / The Editors
It Costs Money to Die It Costs Money to Die
Forty-five years before Jessica Mitford's exposè of the funeral industry, Paul Blanshard found out just how expensive dying can be.
Oct 12, 2009 / Paul Blanshard