Reparations? Reparations?
Even without George W. Bush's debut in Fort Worth as a motivational speaker (see Stephen Colbert swoon over the speech here), this past week has been full of reminders of 43. On We...
Oct 30, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties? Palin’s Pet Has Taliban Ties?
One week before Election Day, the special election to fill a vacant House seat in New York's North Country is heating up. It's a three-way split, pitting a Republican, a Democrat, ...
Oct 29, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts
Every time I hear about Joe Lieberman's latest apostasy, I think, Oy vey! There he goes again. More Joementum. Remind me why we still call this guy a Democrat? Sure, Lieberman cau...
Oct 28, 2009 / Ari Berman
Assessing the Opt-Out – A Lessson from the Abortion Debate Assessing the Opt-Out – A Lessson from the Abortion Debate
So the public option isn't quite dead yet. Democrats – Harry Reid, no less – showed some spine. Progressive advocacy groups are ecstatic. Conservatives are aghast. B...
Oct 27, 2009 / Eyal Press
Here Come the Unions Here Come the Unions
View a slideshow of images from the showdown in Chicago here. On Tuesday morning, in Chicago, the unions came to town. It was the final day of the rolling protest dubbed The Show...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
How Many Experts Declared Public Option Dead? How Many Experts Declared Public Option Dead?
As the Senate moves towards including some form of public option in health care reform, it is worth remembering all the Washington "experts" who already declared the publ...
Oct 27, 2009 / Ari Melber
Bankers and Their Victims Bankers and Their Victims
Day two of the Showdown in Chicago, a three-day-long protest against big banks, began a bit dismally for The Nation. An email from American Bankers Association spokesman John Hall ...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security. Bombings in Baghdad Threaten DC’s Security.
"Deadliest bombs since '07 shatter Iraqi Complexes. Key Government Sites. Synchronized car blast kill more than 130 -- Security issue." So reads the headline in ...
Oct 26, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Anger, At Last Anger, At Last
In a brightly lit basement room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago tonight, Angel Seda was leading seven hundred people in a chant. "Tell me what you want, what you...
Oct 26, 2009 / Esther Kaplan
The ‘Beneath the Presidency’ Routine The ‘Beneath the Presidency’ Routine
The far right's latest attack line on President Obama is not assubtle as they think it is. By calling his administration's war of wordswith Fox News "beneath the presi...
Oct 26, 2009 / Adam Howard