Legislation Watch: Fighting Hunger in Schools Legislation Watch: Fighting Hunger in Schools
As the economy continues to hemorrhage jobs, Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota is introducing legislation to increase eligibility for free school lunches.
Sep 15, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
Five Ways to Show Support for Healthcare Reform Five Ways to Show Support for Healthcare Reform
Young activists accelerate their campaigns to demand healthcare.
Sep 15, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’ President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’
President Obama invokes history and offers a robust vision of progressive governance (if not the public option) in his major address to Congress on healthcare.
Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy
The Nation's Chris Hayes looks back on the impact of right-wing 'death panel' attacks of August and sounds an optimistic note about the future.
Sep 10, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
Obama Shows His Progressive Spine Obama Shows His Progressive Spine
The president's healthcare speech was not a full-fledged antidote to decades of Reaganism. But it was an eloquent call for a new progressive role for government. We must build on i...
Sep 10, 2009 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Method to Their Madness A Method to Their Madness
It takes considerable skill to convince people that something that is clearly good for them--like universal healthcare--is not.
Sep 9, 2009 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Harvard, Heal Thyself (Why Journalism Matters) Harvard, Heal Thyself (Why Journalism Matters)
A monthlong investigation finds plenty of fire to go with the smoke surrounding the university's incredibly vague conflict-of-interest policies.
Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Who Will Obama’s Health Speech Target? Who Will Obama’s Health Speech Target?
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, talks about Obama, healthcare reform and the coming anniversary of the economic collapse.
Robert Reich Explains the Public Option Robert Reich Explains the Public Option
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, explains how the public healthcare option would work.
Ten Things You Can Do to Start a Community Garden Ten Things You Can Do to Start a Community Garden
Band together to gain control of your own food.
Sep 2, 2009 / Editorial / The Nation