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Where Have You Gone, William Safire? Where Have You Gone, William Safire?

Newsrooms' fears of misunderstanding the right leads to outsized coverage and attention.

Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Time to Raise Pell! Time to Raise Pell!

Young people urge their Senators to support cutting wasteful subsidies to student loan companies, and to invest at least $40 billion in the Pell grant program.

Oct 7, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation

Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform Why We Can’t Weaken Healthcare Reform

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel thinks that we need to stop fixating on debt and unemployment benefits, and instead focus on a job creation program.

Oct 6, 2009 / ABC News

Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare Progressives and the Fight for Healthcare

Marcy Wheeler talks strategy, saying that Democrats need to "push the positive" to encourage people to not accept anything but the public option.

Oct 1, 2009 / The Nation Video

Wade Rathke Speaks Out Wade Rathke Speaks Out

Just a few weeks ago, a book talk by ACORN founder Wade Rathke wouldn't have drawn much press attention, but the organization's recent notoriety as a conservative boogeyman has thr...

Sep 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Rethinking Government Rethinking Government

Effective government is the precondition of freedom. And Obama needs to tell us that.

Sep 30, 2009 / Drew Westen

Are You Happy? Are You Happy?

What a stupid question.

Sep 30, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Supreme Court Slams the Door The Supreme Court Slams the Door

How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.

Sep 30, 2009 / Herman Schwartz

Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee Anti-Choice Amendments Fail in Senate Finance Committee

Two anti-choice amendments considered by the Senate Finance Committee today were soundly defeated.

Sep 30, 2009 / Feature / Sharon Lerner

Who’s Afraid of the Independent Press? Who’s Afraid of the Independent Press?

Nation contributor Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald discuss the decline of establishment media and who's afraid of the independent press.

Sep 30, 2009 / GRITtv

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