We Need a Department of Homegrown Security We Need a Department of Homegrown Security
Drop the scary Bush lingo and start creating resilient communities than can effectively recover from disaster in this age of financial and climate chaos.
Crisis of Faith Crisis of Faith
As the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reviews defrocked priest Paul Shanley's conviction on child rape charges, "repressed memory" will be held up to scientific scrutiny.
Feb 26, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Lab Test: Who Profits From Scientific Research? Lab Test: Who Profits From Scientific Research?
Does the profit motive distort and degrade the unpredictable path of scientific discovery?
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
The Food Lobby Goes to School The Food Lobby Goes to School
A look inside the backrooms of the capital, where the interests of American children intersect with the lobbyists for multinational food companies.
Feb 23, 2009 / American News Project
Eight Is Enough Eight Is Enough
With the birth of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, we confront the virtues of motherhood, the ethics of fertility clinics and the myths we still concoct about childless women's worth.
Feb 12, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’ Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’
In a 2009 Nation editorial the Congressman passionately called for money for healthcare, not warfare.
Feb 12, 2009 / Barney Frank
Back Talk: Adam Frank Back Talk: Adam Frank
A conversation with astrophysicist Adam Frank about science, religion and manifestations of the sacred in the physical world.
Feb 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Scientists Come Out for Human Rights Scientists Come Out for Human Rights
After eight years of being sidelined by the Bush administration, many in notoriously apolitical professions are ready to stand up and be counted on the social and ethical implicati...
Jan 27, 2009 / Feature / Sonia Shah
The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Obama’s Gupta Pick The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Obama’s Gupta Pick
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses Obama's controversial choice of Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General.
Jan 9, 2009 / Countdown
Tales from the Vitrine: Battles Over Stolen Antiquities Tales from the Vitrine: Battles Over Stolen Antiquities
How powerful museums and private collectors act as stewards and looters of the world's cultural treasures.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Britt Peterson