Problems for the Public Option Problems for the Public Option
The final House health reform bill has a public option all right, but not the robust version progressives were hoping for.
Nov 4, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
The Obama Youthquake: One Year Later The Obama Youthquake: One Year Later
One year after young voters and organizers helped propel President Obama to victory, are "Obama's youth" still active?
Nov 4, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
The Domino Effect The Domino Effect
A group of twentysomethings from San Francisco took an unlikely path to jobs within the Obama administration.
Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Méndez Berry
Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation Keeping Focus on Fighting Genital Mutilation
Is the campaign to fight female genital mutilation meeting new resistance not only in traditional societies but among Western anthropologists?
Nov 3, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Marriage in Maine in Dead Heat Marriage in Maine in Dead Heat
On November 3, Mainers will decide whether to keep a law that made Maine the fifth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Polls predict a nail-biting finish.
Nov 2, 2009 / Feature / Daniel Chandler
Where’s the Birth Control? Where’s the Birth Control?
Another complication in healthcare reform legislation has emerged: so far, it fails to require insurers to cover basic preventive services for women, including contraception.
Oct 30, 2009 / Editorial / Sharon Lerner
A New Generation Rises at J Street A New Generation Rises at J Street
The new progressive Jewish organization J Street has benefited from the blogosphere's interest. But will exposure turn into political mobilization?
Oct 29, 2009 / Feature / Britt Harwood
Working Women: Strength in Numbers Working Women: Strength in Numbers
First feminism was dead because it was a "failure"; now it's dead because it was such a success.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Right to Remain Naked? The Right to Remain Naked?
Obsessions over sex have little to do with sexual behavior and everything to do with policing.
Oct 28, 2009 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Big League Blues Big League Blues
The NFL is only the highest-profile example of the economic crisis pervading the world of sports.
Oct 28, 2009 / Editorial / Dave Zirin