What stands in the way of reasonable, common sense healthcare reform? Rep. Maxine Waters says that liberal democrats who support single payer have already compromised by agreeing to a public option. But even that now seems in peril, thwarted by Blue Dog Democrats and Republicans who seem to be going to bat for the insurance industry. Who will prevail?

Rep. Maxine Waters of California’s 35^th congressional district, Eric Schoenberg, an Adjunct Associate business professor at Columbia University and a former investment banker, Jack Lohman, a former small business owner and the author of Politicians - Owned and Operated by Corporate America, and Ray Stever, President of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council on the healthcare battle and whether real reform is possible.

Then, an interview with Nation columnist Katha Pollitt, whose essays on life, love, and politics have become American standards. But you many not know that Pollitt is also a poet. Her new book, The Mind-Body Problem, explores many themes including motherhood, middle age, and what she's learned from some of her favorite authors. 

Amiri Baraka from the United States of Poetry and Streetfilms on novel ways of reinventing urban space in Curitiba, Brazil.

Thanks to Greenpeace and Fluxview for video in tonight’s show.