Missing in Action on Healthcare? Missing in Action on Healthcare?
The Obama administration is focused on cutting healthcare costs, but that may be easier said than done.
May 8, 2009 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report
The TVA's efforts to clean up after its massive coal ash spill may create even more health hazards.
May 8, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn
Disaster in Dodgertown: Manny is Banned for 50 Games Disaster in Dodgertown: Manny is Banned for 50 Games
Somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Dodgertown: mighty Manny has struck out. Manny Ramirez, the baseball superstar who led Los Angeles...
May 8, 2009 / Jon Wiener
Another Civil War in the Making? Another Civil War in the Making?
The Nation's Chris Hayes explores just how serious Republicans in the South are about secession.
May 8, 2009 / Countdown
Gandhi in Palestine? Gandhi in Palestine?
What would happen if Palestinians launched a movement of nonviolent resistance against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank? Could such a movement achieve what suicide bombings...
May 8, 2009 / Eyal Press
A Democrat Calls for Executive Accountability A Democrat Calls for Executive Accountability
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency may have caused some Democratic members of Congress to think that the constitutional questions raised by the executive excesses of t...
May 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Diagnosing America’s Ailing Economy Diagnosing America’s Ailing Economy
The Nation's William Greider on the causes behind the economic crisis and the redeeming value in bank 'stress tests.'
May 8, 2009 / Press Room
Smart Power in Pakistan/Afghanistan? Smart Power in Pakistan/Afghanistan?
Inside the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill Tuesday, there were twodistinctly different hearings on Pakistan. One featured the Obamaadministration's special representative for Afg...
May 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy
George McGovern warns President Obama of the pitfalls of war and urges a focus on domestic policies.
May 7, 2009 / American News Project
Understanding the Long War Understanding the Long War
A "Long War" may be underway in South and Central Asia and the Middle East that could last fifty years. Only a fifty-year commitment to peace can prevent it.
May 7, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden