Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee
Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.
Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Who’s Afraid of the Independent Press? Who’s Afraid of the Independent Press?
Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald discuss the decline of establishment media and who's afraid of the independent press.
Democrats Don’t Deliver Healthcare Reform… Again Democrats Don’t Deliver Healthcare Reform… Again
Five Democratic senators on the Senate Finance Committee helped defeat a public option; do they really think that will advance reform--or even their political careers?
Sep 29, 2009 / Editorial / Adam Howard
The Medicare Gravy Train The Medicare Gravy Train
Humana and other insurance industry giants have been fomenting a scare campaign among seniors to keep the industry's wasteful taxpayer subsidy going.
Sep 29, 2009 / Editorial / Trudy Lieberman
Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia? Can the NFL Tackle Homophobia?
Some National Football League players appear to be turning over a new leaf when it comes to gay rights, but a history of homophobia still haunts the sport.
Sep 29, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Student Sex Column Movement The Student Sex Column Movement
The explosion of student sex columns, as captivating as they are controversial, represents a campus movement possessed of the same subversive potential that fueled 1960s student ac...
Sep 28, 2009 / Feature / Alex DiBranco
Missing from Healthcare Bills: Coverage for Reproductive Health Missing from Healthcare Bills: Coverage for Reproductive Health
Health reform promises support for comprehensive care. That promise plainly does not extend to women who depend on public funds and seek abortions.
Sep 25, 2009 / Editorial / Sylvia Law
Healthcare Reform–at the Price of Women’s Health? Healthcare Reform–at the Price of Women’s Health?
If Republicans don't have much hope of derailing healthcare reform, they still have a shot at seriously limiting women's access to affordable reproductive healthcare.
Sep 24, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Lowballing Health Reform Lowballing Health Reform
Progressives need to be as concerned about insurance coverage affordability as we are about a public option.
Sep 23, 2009 / Editorial / J. Lester Feder
A White Hot Season A White Hot Season
Policy can be racist even when no one crafting it harbors hatred of a particular racial group.
Sep 23, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors