Electronic Pen

The Editors If Obama leads, the people will rally to his side. A good way to remind voters of the bold change they voted for last fall: ordering a hard cap on executive pay.

• Leslie Savan: Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge
• Chris Hayes: Joe Wilson, You Lie!

Katrina vanden Heuvel Obama's speech on healthcare reform was an eloquent call for a progressive government. We should build on it.

• Video: Missed Obama's Speech? Watch It Here

Jeremy Scahill The death of a Triple Canopy contractor in Iraq bears a striking resemblance to an earlier electrocution ruled to be a "negligent homicide."

John Nichols President Obama sounded many strong notes in his prime-time speech to Congress on healthcare but he also remained unsettlingly vague. Will the "great unfinished business of our society" ever be finished?

John Nichols President Obama must grab hold of the drifting debate about health reform in his speech tonight before Congress and impose not just clarity but a sense of purpose and direction.

Video Katrina vanden Heuvel says President Obama needs to advocate bold change in tonight's speech, linking himself to the progressive tradition that brought us Medicare and Social Security.

John Cavanagh & Sarah Anderson Many Americans suffering because of economic collapse, want someone to blame. Yet the culprits, the Wall Street execs who drove the economy into the ditch, have walked away unscathed.

Katrina vanden Heuvel The president will be most persuasive if he speaks with passion about his healthcare principles and priorities--and draws some lines in the sand.

Video Jones was forced to resign this past weekend as "green jobs czar" after an organized right wing smear campaign. This 2008 video reminds us why he is such a celebrated activist.

Melissa Harris-Lacewell Politics aside, the resignation of Van Jones as the "green jobs czar" for the Obama administration is a setback for environmental justice.

• Video: Van Jones and Carl Pope--Environmental Visionaries