Litmus Test: The People, or the Insurance Companies?

Since 1945, health insurance companies have been allowed to collude to fix prices. Members of Congress will soon vote on whether to reinstate anti-trust provisions for the industry...

Darcy Burner

Welcome, ‘Sister Citizen’

This issue marks the debut of Melissa Harris-Lacewell's column, "Sister Citizen."

The Editors

Noted.

Ban Ki-moon drafts the blueprint for a powerful UN agency for women; yes, Evan Bayh did sell out constituents--to the right.

The Editors

Greek Drama

The pressure on Papandreou's socialist government to fix the crisis by yesterday is a product of the wider recession.

Maria Margaronis

Athens: The First Domino?

This fiscal crisis could ignite the next global financial meltdown.

Richard Parker

Help Wanted

The moral case for federal action on unemployment is clear, but the political case is nearly as airtight.

The Editors

At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks

The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.

Dave Zirin

What Ever Happened to Candidate Obama?

The Blue Dogs have gotten into his head.

Katha Pollitt

Save the Child

But don't ignore the structural inequities that make the child's salvation necessary in the first place.

Melissa Harris-Perry

Foreign Aid

Calvin Trillin

Business as Usual, South of the Border

San Francisco

Greg Grandin and a Reader