Can Obama Reform Healthcare? Can Obama Reform Healthcare?
He calls for universal coverage--but that's hard to get if insurance companies run the show.
Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
Wrong Prescription: McCain’s Healthcare Plan Wrong Prescription: McCain’s Healthcare Plan
McCain would encourage employers to cut coverage. No joke: that's his plan.
Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / J. Lester Feder
Joe Garcia Gaining Among Florida Republicans Joe Garcia Gaining Among Florida Republicans
In south Florida, Joe Garcia is taking on the GOP and the Cuban exile establishment.
Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / Ethan Porter
Democrats Could Win Key Senate Races Democrats Could Win Key Senate Races
Democratic candidates are gaining in key Senate races and could tip the balance in the next Congress.
Oct 8, 2008 / Feature / John Nichols
Wanted: Political Poetry Wanted: Political Poetry
Are you worried about the election? Do you write haiku? People for the American Way and The Nation invite your entries the McPalin Haiku Hysteria competition.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Erica Landau
Lee Atwater’s Legacy Lee Atwater’s Legacy
Rebel. Liar. Attack dog. Bigot. Stefan Forbes's Boogie Man assesses the enduring damage Lee Atwater did to our political process.
Oct 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Antonino D’Ambrosio
Toxic Loans, Tainted Food Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
Oct 7, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
Net Backlash Hinders Bailout Net Backlash Hinders Bailout
With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.
Oct 2, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
China’s Quest for Moral Authority China’s Quest for Moral Authority
China is booming, but slouches toward the moral authority needed to inspire a modern, open and prosperous state. Does Confucius hold the key?
Oct 1, 2008 / Feature / Orville Schell
Justice, Bush-Style Justice, Bush-Style
GOP loyalists have taken over the Justice Department and retooled the civil rights division as a political weapon.
Oct 1, 2008 / Feature / Andrew Gumbel