Medicare for All! Medicare for All!
The lesson Democrats should take from the backlash to Paul Ryan's Medicare plan? Voters do want government running their healthcare system.
Jun 1, 2011 / The Editors
‘The Nation’ and WikiHaiti ‘The Nation’ and WikiHaiti
Leaked documents provide an extraordinary glimpse of US maneuvering in Haiti from before the 2004 coup through the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Jun 1, 2011 / The Editors
‘Cruel & Unusual’ Prisons ‘Cruel & Unusual’ Prisons
Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, talks to Liliana Segura about the Supreme Court ruling on overcrowding in Californi...
Jun 1, 2011 / Liliana Segura
Noted. Noted.
George Zornick on a turning tide on Afghanistan, Dana Frank on Zelaya’'s return to Honduras and Jeremy Scahill on the death of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad
Jun 1, 2011 / Various Contributors
Serbia’s War Criminal Serbia’s War Criminal
Ratko Mladic may face justice—but what about the Serbs who voted for the politics of nationalism, hatred and war?
Jun 1, 2011 / Slavenka Drakulic
Are We Worried About Storm’s Identity—or Our Own? Are We Worried About Storm’s Identity—or Our Own?
Americans love to say “We're all just people.” So why are we so bent out of shape by not knowing a child’s gender?
Jun 1, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Problem of Republican Idiots The Problem of Republican Idiots
The liars and lunatics serve as a smoke screen for the conservative war on the poor and the middle class.
Jun 1, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’: Another Lost Opportunity? Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’: Another Lost Opportunity?
Obama’s celebrated “reset” of US-Russia relations is limited and unstable. A fundamental transformation requires bold leadership and a full rethinking of Washingt...
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen
The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren
The new consumer protection bureau’s mission is to make it easier for consumers to understand financial fine print. So why are bankers so scared?
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman
Vouchers: They’re Baaaaaack! Vouchers: They’re Baaaaaack!
As thirty-six states contemplate privatization measures, public schools are on the defensive.
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Peter Schrag