Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies? Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies?
Since 1945, health insurance companies have been allowed to collude to fix prices. Members of Congress will soon vote on whether to reinstate anti-trust provisions for the industry...
Feb 22, 2010 / Editorial / Darcy Burner
Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC
As CPAC opened its annual convention last Thursday, the same day that computer engineer Joe Stack flew his Piper Cherokee into an IRS office in Austin setting it ablaze, the consen...
Feb 22, 2010 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net
In search of a trifling 1.5 percent bite to take out of California's $20 billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a cruel and short-sighted cut in public assista...
Feb 22, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America
As today's young adults struggle to balance the rising costs of a postsecondary education with countless other financial obligations, many public universities burdened with budget ...
Feb 19, 2010 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Around The Nation Around The Nation
A big announcement: our new columnist! Plus: Did the stimulus work? And more on the double-agents of cable news.
Feb 19, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Greek Drama Greek Drama
The pressure on Papandreou's socialist government to fix the crisis by yesterday is a product of the wider recession.
Feb 18, 2010 / Editorial / Maria Margaronis
Athens: The First Domino? Athens: The First Domino?
This fiscal crisis could ignite the next global financial meltdown.
Feb 18, 2010 / Editorial / Richard Parker
Fair Elections Now Fair Elections Now
The recent Supreme Court Citizens United campaign finance decision is a dramatic assault on American democracy, giving corporations the ultimate authority over elections and govern...
Feb 18, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Help Wanted Help Wanted
The moral case for federal action on unemployment is clear, but the political case is nearly as airtight.
Feb 18, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
18 Million Jobs by 2012 18 Million Jobs by 2012
The Obama administration's jobs proposals are on the right track, but the scope is nowhere near large enough for the crisis we face today.
Feb 18, 2010 / Feature / Robert Pollin