Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise
The latest health care legislative compromise being floated is one in which states would be allowed to opt out of offering a public option. I suppose if someone put a gun to my hea...
Oct 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Where Have You Gone, William Safire? Where Have You Gone, William Safire?
Newsrooms' fears of misunderstanding the right leads to outsized coverage and attention.
Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Time to Raise Pell! Time to Raise Pell!
Young people urge their Senators to support cutting wasteful subsidies to student loan companies, and to invest at least $40 billion in the Pell grant program.
Oct 7, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel thinks that we need to stop fixating on debt and unemployment benefits, and instead focus on a job creation program.
Oct 6, 2009 / ABC News
Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare
Marcy Wheeler talks strategy, saying that Democrats need to "push the positive" to encourage people to not accept anything but the public option.
Oct 1, 2009 / The Nation Video
Wade Rathke Speaks Out Wade Rathke Speaks Out
Just a few weeks ago, a book talk by ACORN founder Wade Rathke wouldn't have drawn much press attention, but the organization's recent notoriety as a conservative boogeyman has thr...
Sep 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Rethinking Government Rethinking Government
Effective government is the precondition of freedom. And Obama needs to tell us that.
Sep 30, 2009 / Drew Westen
The Supreme Court Slams the Door The Supreme Court Slams the Door
How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.
Sep 30, 2009 / Herman Schwartz
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