David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism
Fools look for a fight between newspapers and the net. The challenge is to defend print and digital journalism, in an age of big-media myopia.
May 11, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Missing in Action on Healthcare? Missing in Action on Healthcare?
The Obama administration is focused on cutting healthcare costs, but that may be easier said than done.
May 8, 2009 / Feature / Trudy Lieberman
Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report
The TVA's efforts to clean up after its massive coal ash spill may create even more health hazards.
May 8, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn
Understanding the Long War Understanding the Long War
A "Long War" may be underway in South and Central Asia and the Middle East that could last fifty years. Only a fifty-year commitment to peace can prevent it.
May 7, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
A Day Without Tourists: Tijuana Versus the Plague A Day Without Tourists: Tijuana Versus the Plague
What Mexico, now the picture of hell to many of us, looks like through local eyes from a Chevy Silverado.
May 7, 2009 / Feature / Mike Davis
Grace Under Pressure in Harrisburg Grace Under Pressure in Harrisburg
Residents near the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor meet the fallout threat with uncommon grace and even humor.
May 6, 2009 / Feature / Ira D. Rosen
The Palestinian Paradox The Palestinian Paradox
When I interviewed Salam Fayyad in Ramallah at the end of February, he was a worried man--and with reason.
May 6, 2009 / Feature / Helena Cobban
Change Socialists Can Believe In Change Socialists Can Believe In
The Nation's forum on the future of socialism continues.
May 6, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Ehrenreich and Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Future of the American Dream The Future of the American Dream
The good times, as we have known them, are not coming back. Americans need a new vision that helps them deal with new economic realities.
May 6, 2009 / Feature / William Greider
More Trouble for Nepal More Trouble for Nepal
Just as tourism returns to the nascent Himalayan democracy, new political discord could derail economic recovery and a constitution.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette