What Seven Years of War Means What Seven Years of War Means
Army ranger killed in Afghanistan. He was on his seventh tour. (via Attackerman)
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
May Day May Day
Read about its history here. And its present here. In memory of all those who have lost their lives on the job.
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The State of the Race The State of the Race
Today the Obama campaign held a conference call with Joe Andrew, former head of the DNC, who announced that he was switching his support from Clinton to Obama. This seems like a b...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Dana Perino, on the occasion of Mission Accomplished day: "President Bush is well aware that the banner should have been more specific. ... It's been a very tough month in Iraq. ...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Message Testing Message Testing
J Street reader JL emailed yesterday to make an interesting point: I think that once political campaigns make decisions about how to characterize their opponents, they grow to be...
May 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama Former DNC Chair Switches From Clinton to Obama
Barack Obama is supposed be having a rough week – and, no doubt, Hillary Clinton and Bill O'Reilly are doing everything in their power to make it one. But Obama keeps pulling s...
May 1, 2008 / John Nichols
Food Crisis Worsens Food Crisis Worsens
Watch this appeal from Zainab Bangura, foreign minister of Sierra Leone, for international support in confronting the global food crisis. You may have noticed food costing mor...
May 1, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Preachers and Politics Preachers and Politics
For years, Democrats have been trying to shed their secular image in order to appeal to voters who think Jesus is a Republican. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish f...
Apr 30, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
The Audacity of the NAHB The Audacity of the NAHB
You’d think that the frank quid-pro-quo politics the National Association of Home Builders resorted to this February as part of their campaign to secure passage of favorable…
Apr 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes