Science and Health

The Group: On George Price

The Group: On George Price The Group: On George Price

The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan.

Sep 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

Freshmen Specimen

Freshmen Specimen Freshmen Specimen

When we willingly donate parts of our bodies to science, who should profit?

Sep 9, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Bluer Rather Than Pinker Bluer Rather Than Pinker

How much does language tell us what to see, and hence what to think?

Sep 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

It’s Better Over There

It’s Better Over There It’s Better Over There

In Germany, a strong social safety net keeps people from plunging into the abyss. Why are we so averse to having that security in the United States?

Sep 2, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Obama’s Healthcare Achievements

Obama’s Healthcare Achievements Obama’s Healthcare Achievements

Let's give the president credit for pushing through the most far-reaching and economically redistributive social legislation since the New Deal.

Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Theda Skocpol

What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About What Anti-Obamacare Lawsuits Are Really About

The attorneys general in Florida and Virginia who are attacking America's uninsured ought to think about who really benefits from the politicization of well-being.

Aug 12, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Progressives Did Right to Win Healthcare What Progressives Did Right to Win Healthcare

The progressive campaign to win health reform was several years in the making and based on a well-developed and resourced plan, from which other progressive campaigns can learn.

Aug 9, 2010 / Richard Kirsch

Conversation: Lynn Harris & Elizabeth Miller on Reproductive Coercion Conversation: Lynn Harris & Elizabeth Miller on Reproductive Coercion

Understanding reproductive coercion "turns on its head the myth that it's always women who trick their boyfriends into getting them pregnant," says Lynn Harris.

Jul 28, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Americans with Disabilities Did the Impossible Americans with Disabilities Did the Impossible

 "Civil rights laws do not self-enforce, " said Marca Bristo, "They only come to life when enlightened citizens…push the envelope."

Jul 27, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Big Green Buy

The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

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