Obama Has Steered the Debate Back Toward Jobs; Now, He Must Go Out and Win It Obama Has Steered the Debate Back Toward Jobs; Now, He Must Go Out and Win It
The president needs to turn the heat up on Congress. Way up. And the way to do this is not by offering to compromise or by talking about working with “my friends on the other...
Sep 9, 2011 / John Nichols
Obama Jobs Speech Changes Conversation Obama Jobs Speech Changes Conversation
After a year of embracing austerity economics, Barack Obama finally changed the conversation to creating jobs and defined the debate on his own terms.
Sep 9, 2011 / Ari Berman
White House vs. Military Over the Iraq Endgame White House vs. Military Over the Iraq Endgame
The neocons, with strong support in Congress and the Pentagon, are fighting a rear-guard battle to extend a major US troop presence beyond this year. Can the peace movement head th...
Sep 8, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Reliable Sources? Reliable Sources?
Eric on Bill Keller's Iraq problems and Reed on horserace journalism.
Sep 8, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Tar Sands Action: Phase One Tar Sands Action: Phase One
There's a movement of people across this country rising up to stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
Sep 8, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Thinking vs. Doing at GOP Debate Thinking vs. Doing at GOP Debate
The dominant theme of the GOP debate was that it’s time to do away with the useless endeavor of thinking and to move swiftly toward taking action.
Sep 8, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Worst Republican Debate Performance of the Night The Worst Republican Debate Performance of the Night
As governor of Texas, Rick Perry has presided over the nation's most disgraceful capital punishment system.
Sep 8, 2011 / Harold Pollack
On Capital Punishment, Perry Is Bush on Steroids On Capital Punishment, Perry Is Bush on Steroids
When it comes to executing people—innocent or otherwise—Rick Perry’s record is worse than George W. Bush’s.
Sep 8, 2011 / Ari Berman
Will Obama Withdraw All but 3,000 Troops From Iraq by 2012? Will Obama Withdraw All but 3,000 Troops From Iraq by 2012?
Count me pleased, if not thrilled, by the scuttlebutt that President Obama plans to withdraw all but 3,000 troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
Sep 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
GOP Debate: From Birthers to Earthers GOP Debate: From Birthers to Earthers
The most striking part of the first full-blown debate in the Republican primary was the total rejection of science.
Sep 8, 2011 / Ari Melber