Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs! Who Dat? Dat’s the Super Bowl Champs!
The New Orleans Saints won Super Bowl 44. I can't believe I'm even typing the words. Five years ago this was the team considered most likely to be moved to Los Angeles. Four and a ...
Feb 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
Climate Science Under Fire Climate Science Under Fire
The drizzle of allegations that climate scientists have fudged data, drawn on dodgy sources, withheld information and frozen out dissenters has now become a downpour.
Feb 5, 2010 / Maria Margaronis
The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies
When I first saw this spot on TV, I thought, uh-oh, (another) final nail in the coffin of healthcare reform. The bow tie, the Captain Ahab beard, the one eyebrow preaching from h...
Feb 2, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Obama’s “Eager to See” Better Approach on Health Reform? O.K. Obama’s “Eager to See” Better Approach on Health Reform? O.K.
President Obama renewed his call for health-care reform in his first State of the Union address but, as has been the case from the start of the current debate over how to get more ...
Jan 28, 2010 / John Nichols
The Case for ‘Gray Power’ The Case for ‘Gray Power’
The waste energy from manufacturing plants can be recycled to create clean, green power.
Jan 28, 2010 / Feature / Lisa Margonelli
Health Care Moving in the Right Direction Health Care Moving in the Right Direction
Those of us paid to observe Congress have spent the last two weeks watching, with mouth agape, as congressional Democrats slowly raised a loaded gun to their collective mouths and ...
Jan 27, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Dream Reborn The Dream Reborn
Markese Bryant (aka Doo Dat), born and raised in East Oakland, knows firsthand the effects of pollution and poverty in local communities of color. Now he's a leader in the movement...
Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses How to Help Haiti? Send in the Nurses
If Haitians are ever going to recover from the crisis caused by the massive earthquake that very nearly leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince, they are going to need nurses.
Jan 18, 2010 / John Nichols
The Melting of America The Melting of America
A portrait of a can-do nation turning into a can't-do one.
Jan 7, 2010 / Orville Schell
The Copenhagen Disaccord The Copenhagen Disaccord
Activists are figuring out what went wrong at the climate summit and what to do next.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard