Obama & Progressives (II) Obama & Progressives (II)
This comment appeared from a reader, responding to my post about how progressives view Obama and objecting to the notion that people who approve of his overall performance may not ...
Jul 9, 2009 / Eyal Press
Does Rachel Maddow Speak for the Left? Does Rachel Maddow Speak for the Left?
A few weeks ago, Rachel Maddow appeared on Charlie Rose and announced that conservatives weren't the only ones disenchanted with Barack Obama. "The President has disappointed ...
Jul 8, 2009 / Eyal Press
The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson
Funerals tell us more about the living than the dead. It's why anthropologists often begin with rituals of death as an entry point for understanding societies and cultures. I reme...
Jul 8, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates? Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates?
Don't like the way the Wall Street bail-out turned out? It looks as if we're in for something similar regarding healthcare. With popular fury at the status quo rising and ...
Jul 7, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Celebrating the Fourth by Remembering the Fifth Celebrating the Fourth by Remembering the Fifth
Other than consuming copious amounts of beer and barbecue food, what can Americans do on the Fourth of July to celebrate their freedom? Erwin Knoll, the late editor of The Progres...
Jul 3, 2009 / Eyal Press
Destroying America to Save It Destroying America to Save It
It's not only neocons who desperately need enemies, like Ahmadinejad, to succeed so that they'll have an excuse to bomb bomb bomb Iran, or any place they damn well please. It's als...
Jul 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Michael Jackson: Trans Man. Michael Jackson: Trans Man.
Michael Jackson. Dead at 50, with over 750 million albums sold. A genius, a freak, a trail blazer, a victim. Jackson's been called all that and more – sometimes i...
Jul 1, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Sanford’s Telltale Heart Exposes GOP’s Money/Honey Problem Sanford’s Telltale Heart Exposes GOP’s Money/Honey Problem
When Governor Mark Sanford was merely thought to be clearing his mind on the Appalachian Trial on Naked Hiking Day and all the nanny-state fuss-budgets and media finger-pointers we...
Jun 30, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Sex, Hypocrisy & Governor Sanford Sex, Hypocrisy & Governor Sanford
Before we push the story about Governor Mark Sanford's "hiking the Appalachian Trail" (i.e. seeing his lover in Buenos Aires) entirely out of mind, I'd like to call atten...
Jun 29, 2009 / Eyal Press
Obama Courts Disaster With New Detention Plan Obama Courts Disaster With New Detention Plan
The Obama administration is rushing towards a unilateral plan to imprison people without trial, according to a huge, new joint article from the Washington Post and ProPublica. The ...
Jun 26, 2009 / Ari Melber