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Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Healthcare Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Healthcare

Here are some ways to cut costs and improve outcomes no matter what happens to healthcare reform in Washington.

Jan 14, 2010 / The Nation

Protection for Haitian Refugees Protection for Haitian Refugees

Crises like the Haiti earthquake serve as reminders of why refugee treatment must be part of immigration reform.

Jan 14, 2010 / Nezua

What Would Molly Say? What Would Molly Say?

As we observe the third anniversary of Molly Ivins's death, we are ever more the lesser for her loss.

Jan 14, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman

Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox? Is Sarah Palin a Natural Fox?

Only after Fox News announced that it had hired Sarah Palin as an "news analyst" did I realize that I've been subconsciously calling her Sarah Fox, Fox Palin, or Sarah Pa...

Jan 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan

Alex Sanchez Wins Bail Alex Sanchez Wins Bail

In a closed legal proceeding, Judge Manual Real grants bail to the Homies Unidos founder.

Jan 13, 2010 / Tom Hayden

Willing to Reconsider Willing to Reconsider

OK, so I've been a feminist against marriage for as long as I can remember but I will if you will.

Jan 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Terror in Uganda Terror in Uganda

Uganda is a country where homosexuality is already illegal, where violent attacks are common and where rape is used to 'cure' people of their sexual orientation. Now, a shocking ne...

Jan 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Immigrant Deaths Covered Up Immigrant Deaths Covered Up

Monday, January 11, marks eight years since the Bush administration transferred the first prisoners to the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. Ever since, human right...

Jan 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh Mark McGwire’s Pound of Flesh

In the ten years Brian Williams has anchored the NBC Nightly News, he has never once launched a broadcast by lambasting a public figure. Henry Paulson after the economic collapse? ...

Jan 12, 2010 / Dave Zirin

On Reid and Racism On Reid and Racism

Joe Biden once remarked that Barack Obama was "clean" and "articulate." He is now Vice President. During the Democratic primaries Hillary Clinton invoked Rober...

Jan 11, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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