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GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform GOP Gets Desperate to Block Health Reform

The Nation's DC editor Chris Hayes weighs in on the petty tone currently defining the Senate's healthcare battle.

Dec 22, 2009 / Countdown

Swapping Politics for Science on Drug Policy Swapping Politics for Science on Drug Policy

President Obama has lifted the twenty-year ban on federal funding of needle exchanges. But if he wants to promote public health--over politics--on substance abuse, there are plenty...

Dec 21, 2009 / Feature / Beth Schwartzapfel

Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’? Investigative Reporting: ‘Luxury Item’?

Jane Mayer offers a perspective on the troubling losses in the field of investigative reporting. Investigative reporting, which is a slow, expensive undertaking, has become a "luxu...

Dec 20, 2009 / The Nation Video

The Gaza I Know The Gaza I Know

Later this month thousands of international solidarity activists will take part in the Gaza Freedom March to end Israel's blockade. They deserve your support.

Dec 18, 2009 / Feature / Nancy Murray

The GOP Smear Machine The GOP Smear Machine

Did the White House threaten to close a military base in Nebraska if Sen. Nelson didn't vote for health reform? No, but the accuracy is meaningless when it comes to the GOP smear m...

Dec 18, 2009 / Countdown

ICE Agents’ Ruse Operations ICE Agents’ Ruse Operations

ICE agents regularly impersonate civilians--OSHA inspectors, insurance agents, religious workers--in order to arrest longtime US residents who have no criminal history.

Dec 18, 2009 / Feature / Jacqueline Stevens

Caged Tiger Caged Tiger

The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.

Dec 16, 2009 / Dave Zirin

Gaming Healthcare Gaming Healthcare

Dropping the public option and Medicare expansion means breaking the promise of health reform: better care at lower cost.

Dec 16, 2009 / The Editors

Human Traffic Human Traffic

Sister Ping turned a variety store in New York's Chinatown into a lucrative business by making it a headquarters for human smuggling.

Dec 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ted Conover

America’s Secret ICE Castles America’s Secret ICE Castles

Immigration agents are holding US residents in unlisted and unmarked subfield offices.

Dec 16, 2009 / Feature / Jacqueline Stevens

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