Desperately Seeking Stimulus Desperately Seeking Stimulus
An economy addicted to growth, bubbles, downsizing and lending sprees--has become disconnected from the real economy of ordinary human needs.
Jan 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism The CIA’s Jose: Case Study in Cynicism
Long before a top bureaucrat was exposed for destroying secret interrogation tapes, the CIA shrouded his identity, making the press corps complicit in practices that would offend t...
Handicapping the Media Handicapping the Media
Let's see. They were wrong on Hillary Clinton, essentially nominating her for the presidency months before a primary was held. In Iowa, they were wrong on Mike Huckabee and Barac...
Jan 22, 2008 / TomDispatch
Obama Reaches the Mountaintop Obama Reaches the Mountaintop
In the duel of King Holiday weekend speeches, there is no question that Barack Obama won. Indeed, on Sunday, he delivered the finest speech of a campaign that has heard the senat...
Jan 21, 2008 / John Nichols
Sign the Open Letter From American Feminists Sign the Open Letter From American Feminists
With advice and counsel from the History in Action e-mail list, I wrote up the Open Letter below to protest the way the media slanders the women's movement as indifferent to the h...
Jan 20, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Clinton and Obama Win Nevada Clinton and Obama Win Nevada
So the Clintons like Nevada after all. Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by about six points in the state's caucus on Saturday, netting 12 of the 25 delegates at stake. But Barac...
Jan 20, 2008 / Ari Melber
Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account Wexler: Election Can’t Distract From Holding Cheney to Account
This work of electing a new president is important, indeed. And it is exciting, especially as the contests for both the Democratic and Republican nominations remain unsettled. B...
Jan 19, 2008 / John Nichols
The Hidden Healthcare Crisis The Hidden Healthcare Crisis
Last Spring, following the death of twelve-year old Deamonte Driver of Maryland whose untreated tooth infection spread to his brain, I wrote about the national epidemic of dental d...
Jan 19, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
Jan 19, 2008 / Feature / Gareth Porter
A Conversation with Taylor Branch A Conversation with Taylor Branch
MLK's biographer on presidents, politics, racial injustice, poverty and war.
Jan 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Wallace