The Torture Photos The Torture Photos
President Obama seems to be struggling about whether or not to make public a series of photographs depicting Americans engaged in torture. The Presi...
May 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service
"Dr. Sikora, do you feel there is a need to expand competition and choice for people in this country?" asks the interviewer. "Absolutely," says Dr. Karol Sikora...
May 14, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
Roxana Saberi: Journalist, Not Spy Roxana Saberi: Journalist, Not Spy
My colleague Robert Dreyfuss wonders whether Roxana Saberi, the American journalist who was recently released after being sentenced to eight-years in prison in Iran, is as innocent...
May 13, 2009 / Eyal Press
Rush and Reparations Rush and Reparations
On Tuesday I spent the afternoon listening to Adrienne Davis of Washington University Law School engage in a smart and wide-ranging discussion of reparations. Professor Davis teach...
May 13, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
MSNBC Anchor Launches a Website for the Obama Generation MSNBC Anchor Launches a Website for the Obama Generation
The Stimulist, a media website launching today, is targeting a huge but elusive demographic: The millions of young, connected Obama voters who have never subscribed to a newspaper ...
May 12, 2009 / Ari Melber
Robbing Us and Paying Out Robbing Us and Paying Out
The results of the Treasury Department's touted "stress tests" are out – and so far the result is a call for massive new capital for banks. It adds up to a ...
May 12, 2009 / Laura Flanders
L’Affaire Edwards: To Sabotage or Not? L’Affaire Edwards: To Sabotage or Not?
On the heels of Elizabeth Edwards' revelation in her new book that she wanted her husband to drop out of the race for the presidency after having an affair with videographer Rielle...
May 12, 2009 / Ari Berman
Hex Mex Hex Mex
Amid the anti-Mexican media hysteria festering since the outbreak of swine flu, Dave Letterman's portrayal last week of potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a hot-blo...
May 12, 2009 / Leslie Savan
On Elizabeth Edwards On Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth was smart, tough and unafraid of political engagement. Hers was a story that resonated with women across partisan differences.
May 11, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Disaster in Dodgertown: Manny is Banned for 50 Games Disaster in Dodgertown: Manny is Banned for 50 Games
Somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Dodgertown: mighty Manny has struck out. Manny Ramirez, the baseball superstar who led Los Angeles...
May 8, 2009 / Jon Wiener