Gorbachev on 1989 Gorbachev on 1989
A wide-ranging Nation interview with the former Soviet president.
Oct 28, 2009 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution Joe Lieberman and the Opt-Out Revolution
Progressives rejoiced when Sen. Harry Reid announced that the Senate healthcare bill would include a public option. But the jubilation was short-lived.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
J Street, Obama, and Israel J Street, Obama, and Israel
I spent yesterday afternoon at the J Street conference, the meeting of the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobbying group that was founded last year. (A piece that I'd written on J Street ...
Oct 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives The Public Option Lives! Big Victory for Progressives
Harry Reid just announced that he'll include a public option (with a provision that allows individual states to opt out of it) in the version of the health care bill he brings to ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Goal of ‘Going Rouge’ The Goal of ‘Going Rouge’
Nation editors Betsy Reed and Richard Kim's Going Rouge is not out to confuse, but to inform.
Oct 26, 2009 / Entertainment Tonight
As Rumors Fly, a Call for a United Front on Healthcare in the House As Rumors Fly, a Call for a United Front on Healthcare in the House
There has been a lot of guessing recently about what the final House version of healthcare reform will look like. It's time for some clarity.
Oct 23, 2009 / Feature / Raul Grijalva
The Big Kids Play With Corked Bats The Big Kids Play With Corked Bats
What if campaign finance reform took a page from baseball's playbook?
Oct 23, 2009 / Feature / Helen Rosenthal
‘Going Rogue’ vs. ‘Going Rouge’ ‘Going Rogue’ vs. ‘Going Rouge’
Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Sarah Palin "companion" book Going Rouge, edited by Nation staffers Betsy Reed and Richard Kim.
Oct 23, 2009 / Countdown
Afghanistan: A Special Issue Afghanistan: A Special Issue
The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
Devil in the Old Dominion Devil in the Old Dominion
Everyone is looking to Virginia's off-year gubernatorial contest as a Middle American barometer for 2010.
Oct 21, 2009 / Bob Moser