Science and Health

LISTEN: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Healthcare Reform LISTEN: Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Healthcare Reform

The Supreme Court continues its hearings on President Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act today in Washington D.C.

Mar 27, 2012 / The Nation

In Defense of ‘ObamaCare’ In Defense of ‘ObamaCare’

As the right steps up its attacks, Obama's Affordable Care Act should be championed as a key remedy to the continued economic uncertainty facing American families.

Mar 21, 2012 / Richard Kirsch

Eggs Are People Too! Eggs Are People Too!

Today's “right to life” rhetoric is a bizarre cross between the theological imperative to be fruitful and multiply and the fetishism of microbiological cellular promise...

Mar 21, 2012 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional

Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional

The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.

Mar 7, 2012 / David Cole

Tammy Baldwin: Healthcare Reform’s Tangible Results

Tammy Baldwin: Healthcare Reform’s Tangible Results Tammy Baldwin: Healthcare Reform’s Tangible Results

Why Americans need to be patient with healthcare reform.

Mar 6, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Romney’s Contraception Flip-Flop Reminds Everyone Why They Hate Him Romney’s Contraception Flip-Flop Reminds Everyone Why They Hate Him

Within one day Mitt managed to offend everybody by saying he was against the Blunt amendment, and then that he was for it. 

Mar 1, 2012 / Ben Adler

‘I’m Not Running Away From My Record, I’m Running on It’: A Q&A With Tammy Baldwin ‘I’m Not Running Away From My Record, I’m Running on It’: A Q&A With Tammy Baldwin

The congresswoman and Senate candidate talks to The Nation about fair trade, Citizens United and what healthcare reform really means for Wisconsin.

Mar 1, 2012 / Emily Douglas and Richard Kim

No Contraceptives for You, Little Lady No Contraceptives for You, Little Lady

If women ever need permission slips from their employers for birth control, here’s what it could look like. 

Mar 1, 2012 / Leslie Savan

Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders

Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders Taking on the Dental Crisis: A Q&A With Bernie Sanders

Students miss 50 million hours of school each year because of dental problems. A hearing Wednesday confronts the crisis.

Feb 27, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann

Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill

Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.

Feb 23, 2012 / George Zornick

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