Electronic Pen

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

Robert Scheer The average American is paying for the banking debacle not only in taxes for the bailout but with lost jobs and homes.

• Jeff Madrick: Money for Nothing

Video Are the right wingers sabotaging health reform town halls grassroots activists or simply astroturf agitators? Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell tries to get to the bottom of the rage.

Jeremy Scahill Despite promises to cancel Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay them more than $174 million for services in Iraq and Afghanistan.

John Nichols The Obama administration's recently revealed secret dealings with insurance companies on healthcare perpetuate the foul practices of the Bush years.

• William Greider: A Rancid Deal with Big Pharma

Antony Loewenstein Besieged by Israel and the West, mired in civil conflict and under increasing Islamist pressures, Gazans feel the world has forgotten them.