Library Man: On Claude Lévi-Strauss Library Man: On Claude Lévi-Strauss
With a sharp eye for cultural patterns and a keen feel for the shape of a story, Claude Lévi-Strauss was a poet in the laboratory of anthropology.
Jan 19, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
Does Contraception Count as Prevention? Does Contraception Count as Prevention?
If an Institute of Medicine–appointed committee says yes, health insurance plans could be required to cover birth control free of charge for policyholders.
Jan 18, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside Healthcare Reform’s Unintended Queer Upside
Here’s a talking point Democrats probably won't be using to defend healthcare reform this week: it's a game-changer for the LGBT community.
Jan 18, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein
Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress Nation Conversations: Wendell Potter on the Health Insurance Industry’s Lock on Congress
As Republicans gear up to challenge Obama's healthcare reform legislation, former insurance executive Potter explains how the move to repeal is a smokescreen for the health insuran...
Jan 14, 2011 / The Nation
Antichoice at the End of Life Antichoice at the End of Life
Just after Christmas, the "death panel" meme was resurrected by healthcare opponents who worked the same network that has been fighting legal abortion since the 1970s.
Jan 13, 2011 / Ann Neumann
Giffords Shooting Reveals Flaws in US Mental Health Services Giffords Shooting Reveals Flaws in US Mental Health Services
Congresswoman shot in Arizona, the Republican-led charade to have "Obamacare" repealed and an update on reproductive rights in the United States.
Jan 12, 2011 / Lindsay Beyerstein
Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves Choosing Care for Haiti, Somalia, Ourselves
On the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake—it's hard not to think about how we turn up, or not, for the ones we love.
Jan 11, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Killing the ‘Killing’ Words Killing the ‘Killing’ Words
After the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, will the Republicans rename their "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act"?
Jan 10, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Science, Blinding Science, Blinding
Reed on Republican climate scientists, and readers respond to Bush v. Gore and Obama's tax compromise.
Dec 16, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Why Obama and Cancún Miss the Point Why Obama and Cancún Miss the Point
You can't bargain about global warming with chemistry and physics.
Dec 16, 2010 / Bill McKibben