Has the Media Killed Healthcare Reform? Has the Media Killed Healthcare Reform?
The Nation's editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, joins a panel discussion on the media's coverage of healthcare and the Gates arrest.
Jul 31, 2009 / GRITtv
Katha Pollitt on the Mind-Body Problem Katha Pollitt on the Mind-Body Problem
Pollitt's new book explores many themes including poetry and politics, poetry and motherhood, and why poetry matters, even if people think it doesn't.
Jul 30, 2009 / GRITtv
Right-Wing Racism Reaches New Heights Right-Wing Racism Reaches New Heights
Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the latest offensive outbursts directed at Obama. Is it a political strategy or a genuine example of racial prejudice?
Jul 30, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State A Gross Unfairness: The Workings of the Straight State
Scrutinizing the machinery of the "straight state."
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Steven Epstein
Unpopular Science Unpopular Science
Intelligent science reporting has been gutted--just when we need it most.
Jul 29, 2009 / Feature / Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
Beer and Sympathy Beer and Sympathy
Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest most certainly was a "teachable moment" in the racial conversation--but we've learned nothing.
Jul 29, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge
Class, Not ‘Race’ Class, Not ‘Race’
No racial profiling took place with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; it's not the "teachable moment" for which many are so understandably eager.
Jul 29, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Bend It Like Obama? Bend It Like Obama?
With healthcare reform, the White House has transformed an intimate issue into a technical argument about long-term actuarial projections.
Jul 29, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Story of a Fixer The Story of a Fixer
A haunting documentary shines a light on the foreign "fixers" who work behind the scenes with reporters to determine how the story of war gets told.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Policing the Gossip Industry Policing the Gossip Industry
The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel clashes with Dan Abrams over the responsibilities of mainstream media.
Jul 29, 2009 / MSNBC