How the Tea-Baggers are Like ACT-UP How the Tea-Baggers are Like ACT-UP
There's been some very interesting back and forth about the right-wing disruptions of health care town halls in the Twitterverse and Blogosphere (oh God, did I just type those two...
Aug 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It
I come from a family of organizers (my dad and my brother), so I'm intimately familiar with just how much work good organizing is. I also have a lot of guilt about the fact I'm no...
Aug 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
The House has already hit the road -- gone until September -- so the Senate has the joint to itself. I asked one Senate staffer what the rationale is behind the House taki...
Aug 3, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Democrats Go to Bat for Big Pharma Democrats Go to Bat for Big Pharma
Sebastian Jones catches some under-the-radar shenanigans from two house Democrats and a Republican on behalf of Big Pharma: At a North Carolina town hall yesterday, the Presiden...
Jul 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Conservatives Should Propose Medicare Elimination Conservatives Should Propose Medicare Elimination
Today's the 44th anniversary of Medicare, the single payer health insurance program that provides care for millions of senior citizens. It is the nightmare come true! Forty-three ...
Jul 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bend It Like Obama? Bend It Like Obama?
With healthcare reform, the White House has transformed an intimate issue into a technical argument about long-term actuarial projections.
Jul 29, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Bend It Like Obama? Bend It Like Obama?
The future of progressive politics and the nature of the American social contract, not to mention the lives and health of millions of our fellow citizens, are up for grabs.
Jul 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes
What the Hell is Max Baucus Thinking !?! What the Hell is Max Baucus Thinking !?!
The following comes from a reader and frequent correspondent. This is not someone with particularly progressive politics. In fact, he only very recently has come to identify as a ...
Jul 28, 2009 / Chris Hayes
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
The House leaves town at the end of the week, the Senate one week later, and hopes for a health care bill before they vacate are all but nil. (Tell Congress to stick around and ge...
Jul 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Fact Checking Obama on Transparency Fact Checking Obama on Transparency
From crack DC intern Sebastian Jones: During last night's primetime press conference, Christi Parsons of the Chicago Tribune asked President Obama a pointed question about the tra...
Jul 23, 2009 / Chris Hayes