Science and Health

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare

Opposition to affordable healthcare has always been backed by untold sums of corporate money and marked by a notably consistent streak of red-baiting rhetoric and doom-saying predi...

Oct 5, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Congressional Liberals Mobilize to Keep Social Insurance Out of Shutdown Talks

Congressional Liberals Mobilize to Keep Social Insurance Out of Shutdown Talks Congressional Liberals Mobilize to Keep Social Insurance Out of Shutdown Talks

Progressive members of Congress are pledging to oppose 

Oct 3, 2013 / George Zornick

Shutdown Continues, but Obamacare Is Up and (Mostly) Running

Shutdown Continues, but Obamacare Is Up and (Mostly) Running Shutdown Continues, but Obamacare Is Up and (Mostly) Running

The future of the GOP, not the Affordable Care Act, is what's at stake now in Congress. 

Oct 2, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act

Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act Americans Hate Obamacare, Love Affordable Care Act

Jimmy Kimmel shows they don’t get that O’care=ACA.

Oct 2, 2013 / Leslie Savan

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare The Hidden Costs of the American Way of Healthcare

Is our employer-based healthcare system hurting our economy and culture by keeping too many creatives and entrepreneurs tied to their jobs?

Oct 2, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

The Tea Party Freedom Fighters

The Tea Party Freedom Fighters The Tea Party Freedom Fighters

Standing up for your right to be denied health coverage. 

Oct 1, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow

Spread the Word: The Hyde Amendment Must Be Repealed

Spread the Word: The Hyde Amendment Must Be Repealed Spread the Word: The Hyde Amendment Must Be Repealed

Spread the word about the new fight for expanded abortion access and the need to repeal the Hyde Amendment. 

Sep 30, 2013 / NationAction

In the Tank

In the Tank In the Tank

Is sensory deprivation an escape from or toward the fatigue and distractions of the digital life?

Sep 24, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Neima Jahromi

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule Fake-Bustering Ted Cruz Has a Plan to Get the America He Wants: Minority Rule

The Texas senator wants to change Senate rules so his anti-Obamacare strategy can “win” even when it loses.

Sep 24, 2013 / John Nichols

When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture

When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture When Mental Illness Meets US Gun Culture

It’s time to do something about our national gun crisis.

Sep 23, 2013 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

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