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John Nichols If the public option is abandoned, what's left of reform? A healthcare "cure" that does not take on the insurance industry could be worse than the disease.

• Chris Hayes @ Netroots Nation: What Is the Public Option?

Katrina vanden Heuvel The veteran Senator and his Dem primary opponent square off in a debate co-moderated by The Nation's Ari Melber, streaming live this morning.

The Editors Progressives must challenge the obstructionists in both parties who can't see which way the wind is blowing on crucial reforms.

• Thomas Geoghegan: The Case for Busting the Filibuster

Katha Pollitt Recent polls show most Americans still want healthcare reform. But polls don't mean much politically if everyone stays quiet. Never mind wonkery, we need a movement.

John Nichols Use the recess to tell Congress: 'American troops should be brought home from Afghanistan as soon as possible.'

• Robert Dreyfuss: Thirty Years' War
• Christian Parenti in Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Christopher Hayes Let's set the record straight on five common healthcare misconceptions.

• Melissa Harris-Lacewell: Town Hall Histrionics
• Katrina vanden Heuvel: Public Option Organizing