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 / The Nation
This Week at TheNation.com: Tragedy in Arizona This Week at TheNation.com: Tragedy in Arizona
Tragedy in Arizona. Plus, Greg Mitchell live-blogs the WikiLeaks for nearly fifty days.
Jan 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
This day in history, Alan Lomax and a message from Gershom Gorenberg.
Jan 14, 2011 / Eric Alterman
The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard? The Breakdown: Should the US Return to the Gold Standard?
Congressman Ron Paul is a supporter of it. Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner had a sick obsession with it. What would happen if the United States switched back to the gold standar...
Jan 14, 2011 / Chris Hayes
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
Widening Concern for Public Workers Widening Concern for Public Workers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died in Memphis where he was showing support for the right of public employees to organize and strike. We remember this, during a time when public...
Jan 13, 2011 / Laura Flanders
House Republicans Plan Symbolic Repeal Vote on the Healthcare Law House Republicans Plan Symbolic Repeal Vote on the Healthcare Law
"We'll show the poor."
Jan 13, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Varieties of Hatred Varieties of Hatred
The violence of political rhetoric, upcoming films and the mail.
Jan 13, 2011 / Eric Alterman
On Sarah Palin’s Death Threat Claims On Sarah Palin’s Death Threat Claims
It is irresponsible, at best, for ABC to further the Sarah Palin death-threat-meme based on hearsay from her aides without any corroborating evidence.
Jan 13, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein
Tragedy in Arizona Tragedy in Arizona
The shootings underscore that a strong social compact is the only real route to safety.
Jan 13, 2011 / The Editors