The Media-Lobbying Complex The Media-Lobbying Complex
The talking heads of cable news are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.
Feb 11, 2010 / Feature / Sebastian Jones
Obama Stalls for Time With Healthcare Summit Obama Stalls for Time With Healthcare Summit
Obama's healthcare summit is a delay tactic--it's what happens after, when someone steps up to steer the bill, that counts.
Feb 10, 2010 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Tell ‘The Nation’: Voices of the Uninsured Tell ‘The Nation’: Voices of the Uninsured
Uninsured Americans have arguably the highest stake in the outcome of the healthcare debate--so why are they absent from the national conversation over its fate?
Feb 9, 2010 / Feature / Various Contributors
Political Awakenings: An Unpublished Howard Zinn Interview Political Awakenings: An Unpublished Howard Zinn Interview
In this unpublished interview from 2001, Howard Zinn talks about his coming-of-age as a radical thinker.
Feb 8, 2010 / Feature / Harry Kreisler
The Commercials Are the Super Bowl The Commercials Are the Super Bowl
The thirty-second spots for chips, beer, babes and flatulent slackers star in the big game.
Feb 5, 2010 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
The Expanding US War in Pakistan The Expanding US War in Pakistan
Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in Pakistan than previously ackno...
Feb 4, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda Ten Things to Oppose the Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda
Although homosexuality is criminalized in 80 countries, the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 is the most egregious attempt to sanction homophobia and threaten the human righ...
Feb 4, 2010 / Feature / The Nation
How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back
There will be no change until we change Congress.
Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig
The Second Sex at the Super Bowl The Second Sex at the Super Bowl
The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Jaclyn Friedman
Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates chooses a movie--and it happens to be about a military coup in the US.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt