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February 1, 2010 Issue

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Editorial

Coakley’s Loss: Pie in the President’s Face

Martha Coakley's loss in Massachusetts put on display the monumental miscalculations by which Obama has governed.

William Greider

Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Healthcare

Here are some ways to cut costs and improve outcomes no matter what happens to healthcare reform in Washington.

The Nation

The Battle for Iran

Obituaries for the Islamic Republic of Iran are premature.

Nader Hashemi

Noted.

You can help Haiti; the EPA allows the expansion of a West Virginia mine; the Democratic Party sees ideological fights ahead.

The Editors

Blueprint for Dems

Democrats have tried to act "bipartisan" while Republicans got obstructionist, and the Dems are paying for it.

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Move Your Money

Why leave your money in big banks that brought the financial system to ruin?

The Editors

Column

What Massachusetts Got Right

Obama's opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our healthcare concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country.

Robert Scheer

Believers in Great Men Think Alike

Disappointment is one thing American liberals can be certain of. Optimism is the real challenge.

Gary Younge

What Would Molly Say?

As we observe the third anniversary of Molly Ivins's death, we are ever more the lesser for her loss.

Eric Alterman

World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Flight of the Kestral
Washington, D.C.

Our Readers and Jeremy Scahill

Feature

Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster

It's time to banish the word "looting" from the media vocabulary in times of disaster.

Rebecca Solnit

Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled

If Obama's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are confirmed, the agency could offer workers more protections than the Employee Free Choice Act.

Steven Hill and Dmitri Iglitzin

What Coakley’s Defeat Means for Healthcare Reform

Healthcare is in jeopardy, but it's not dead--especially if Democrats drag their feet on swearing in Brown.

Lindsay Beyerstein

US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti

Private firms are jumping at the opportunity to provide 'humanitarian assistance' to Haiti, but what these companies are actually bringing is a 'Shock Doctrine' approach that aims ...

Jeremy Scahill

Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation

As part of America's progressive folk tradition, The Tillers demonstrate that the left has long been essential to the country's cultural fabric.

Geoffrey Dobbins

Haiti: The Pearl of the Antilles

The continued portrayal of Haiti as the basket case of the hemisphere without accurate contextualization further wounds the Haitian people and misleads the American public.

Joslyn Barnes

Chile’s Turning Point

A victory by Sebastian Pinera in the Chilean marks a major turning point in the post-Pinochet transition, and a return to power of some of the hardcore rightists who collaborated w...

Peter Kornbluh and Katherine Hite

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom

How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?

Mark Engler

Building a Different Middle East

The longest continuous nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history is uniting villagers from all political factions, along with Israeli and international activists, against the ...

Joel Beinin

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat

On the FCIC's second day of hearings, witnesses examined how Wall Street incentivized and why the Federal Reserve didn't stop subprime lending.

Greg Kaufmann

Too Big to Fail, Not Too Big for Jail

The federal inquiry hearings inevitably leads to the question: why aren't any these big players already in jail? And no, Bernie Madoff doesn't count.

Mary Bottari

For Prop 8 Trial, Supreme Court Banishes Cameras

Had the Supreme Court not kicked video cameras out of the courtroom, the Prop 8 trial may have enabled Americans to see how a controversial court decision is born.

Linda Hirshman

The Professional

Like the Progressives, Obama seems to believe government can move beyond partisan politics.

Eric Foner

System Failure

As welcome as it was, the removal of George W. Bush was not enough to cure what ails us.

Chris Hayes

Change Won’t Come Easy

Many progressives thought we had taken back America in 2008, but the work has just begun.

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage

Obama at One

The Nation asked members of our community and beyond: looking back at Obama's first year in office, what was the high point, and what was your sharpest disappointment?

Various Contributors