Extremist Killing is as American as Apple Pie Extremist Killing is as American as Apple Pie
Gunned down in Tucson, shot to death at the Pentagon and blown away at the Holocaust Museum, as well as in Wichita, Knoxville, Pittsburgh, Brockton and Okaloosa County, F...
Jan 18, 2011 / Stephan Salisbury
Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside
Here’s a talking point Democrats probably won't be using to defend healthcare reform this week: it's a game-changer for the LGBT community.
Jan 18, 2011 / The Notion / Nancy Goldstein
Sarah Palin’s Mantle of Victimhood Sarah Palin’s Mantle of Victimhood
Surely Palin knows that it is easier to complain of being unfairly demonized than to pause for a moment in the aftermath of a tragedy to reflect on her own role in sowing rage an...
Jan 14, 2011 / Eyal Press
Slide Show: 18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks Slide Show: 18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks
Jan 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Obama’s DOJ Continues Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage Obama’s DOJ Continues Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage
Yes, it’s 2011, but Obama’s Department of Justice is still fighting to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that defines marriage as being the legal union o...
Jan 14, 2011 / The Notion / Nancy Goldstein
Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven
In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threat...
Jan 14, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven Glenn Beck’s Campaign Against Frances Fox Piven
In the wake of the tragedy in Arizona, professor and Nation writer Frances Fox Piven joins Democracy Now! to address Glenn Beck's campaign against her and the violent threats ...
Jan 14, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress
As Republicans gear up to challenge Obama's healthcare reform legislation, former insurance executive Potter explains how the move to repeal is a smokescreen for the health insuran...
Jan 14, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
This day in history, Alan Lomax and a message from Gershom Gorenberg.
Jan 14, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Antichoice at the End of Life Antichoice at the End of Life
Just after Christmas, the "death panel" meme was resurrected by healthcare opponents who worked the same network that has been fighting legal abortion since the 1970s.
Jan 13, 2011 / Ann Neumann