Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle
Sure we have a healthcare system in America. The trouble is, it's designed not to make people healthy but to make money.
Jul 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players High Impact: What Football Owes Its Players
Congressional hearings about head injuries in the NFL raise questions about the consequences for old-timers and present-day players.
Jun 27, 2007 / Column / Dave Zirin
Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout? Andy Stern: Savior or Sellout?
SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country. Why is he so cozy with corporations?
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
The Medicare Privatization Scam The Medicare Privatization Scam
Will an upcoming vote in Congress signal the end of Medicare?
Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
Michael Moore’s Sicko Michael Moore’s Sicko
Michael Moore's healtcare documentary is less partisan, less outrageous--but more real--than anything he's done before.
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Chris Hayes
High Stakes on Health High Stakes on Health
Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?
Jun 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
Watch Your Foodometer Watch Your Foodometer
Here's a way to consume less oil: Eat locally! Video artist
Jun 25, 2007 / The Nation Video
Getting Real About Food Getting Real About Food
Something very strange has happened to food in the richest country in the world: It's fast, but it ain't good. And it travels way too far a distance from the field to your fork.
Jun 25, 2007 / Feature / Molly Schwartz and Donna Schaper
More Like It Hot More Like It Hot
To live and dine in California, where one in four is an immigrant, is to sit at a global table. And a bland national cuisine is heating up.
May 29, 2007 / Feature / Andrew Lam
The Doctor Stories The Doctor Stories
Atul Gawande offers up a banal self-help manual for aspiring MDs, while Pauline Chen prescribes a dose of compassion.
May 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lizzy Ratner