The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation The Right Finds 9/11 Ripe for Exploitation
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reacts to Glenn Beck's '9/12 movement' and the right-wing's tone deaf response to Obama's healthcare speech.
Sep 11, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’ President Obama: ‘The Time for Action Is Now’
President Obama invokes history and offers a robust vision of progressive governance (if not the public option) in his major address to Congress on healthcare.
Sep 10, 2009 / C-SPAN
Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy Obama’s Health Speech and the Big Sleazy
The Nation's Chris Hayes looks back on the impact of right-wing 'death panel' attacks of August and sounds an optimistic note about the future.
Sep 10, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Obama Shows His Progressive Spine Obama Shows His Progressive Spine
The president's healthcare speech was not a full-fledged antidote to decades of Reaganism. But it was an eloquent call for a new progressive role for government. We must build on i...
Sep 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sexual Healing Sexual Healing
"Female sexual dysfunction" is a case in point of a runaway medical system that requires huge profits, hence new sicknesses, pills and procedures.
Sep 10, 2009 / JoAnn Wypijewski
A Method to Their Madness A Method to Their Madness
It takes considerable skill to convince people that something that is clearly good for them--like universal healthcare--is not.
Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge
Harvard, Heal Thyself (Why Journalism Matters) Harvard, Heal Thyself (Why Journalism Matters)
A monthlong investigation finds plenty of fire to go with the smoke surrounding the university's incredibly vague conflict-of-interest policies.
Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Obama’s CIA-on-Campus Program Obama’s CIA-on-Campus Program
Shrouded in secrecy, "intelligence officer training" conflicts with universities' commitment to openness and free inquiry.
Sep 9, 2009 / Feature / Jon Wiener
The Nightmare of Christianity The Nightmare of Christianity
Matthew Murray, a disturbed young gunman behind the the shootings in Colorado Springs, chose to end his nightmare and rebel against Christian-right self-help gurus and cult-like do...
Sep 9, 2009 / Max Blumenthal
Slide Show: Race in the Obama Era Slide Show: Race in the Obama Era
A look at The Nation's coverage of the racial progress and tension in America during the first few months of the Obama presidency.
Sep 9, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation