Electronic Pen

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.

Peter Dreier If progressives are serious about economic and healthcare reform, they must mobilize to put real pressure on President Obama.

• Chris Hayes: Healthcare Disinformation-A Case Study

Daniel Ellsberg Sixty-four years after atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the secrecy and deceptions about nuclear weapons continues.

• Frida Berrigan: No More Nuclear War

Jeremy Scahill Two former employees also allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a "crusade" to eliminate Muslims and Islam.

• Scahill on Countdown: Blackwater or Murder, Inc.?

Robert Scheer By now everybody must know that the top banking executives responsible for our economic meltdown have no shame.

• Jeff Madrick: Money for Nothing