The Race Trap The Race Trap
Observing Barack Obama run for president has been like watching a home movie blown up into a glorious, IMAX blockbuster spectacle. It's been more than a little unnerving to see the...
Feb 5, 2008 / Richard Kim
Obama’s Wired Tuesday Push Obama’s Wired Tuesday Push
In one last push to mobilize voters, Michelle Obama is asking her husband's supporters to get viral on Tuesday. In a final salvo for Super Tuesday, the Obama Campaign blasted an e...
Feb 5, 2008 / Ari Melber
Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero Obama and Latinos: Santa Ana Ground Zero
The Obama campaign, intent on taking some of the crucial Latino vote in California away from Hillary Clinton, organized a daylong door-to-door canvas on Saturday in the region's mo...
Feb 3, 2008 / Jon Wiener
If Obama Is JFK, Who Is Hillary? If Obama Is JFK, Who Is Hillary?
Ted Kennedy's statement Monday that Obama was like JFK set off a storm of historical analogies. Hillary's side fired back that she is like Bobby Kennedy--at least that's what three...
Jan 30, 2008 / Jon Wiener
For Edwards, The Good Fight Is Over For Edwards, The Good Fight Is Over
It's been an uphill climb all the way: And today, John Edwards signaled he's done. Outspent by his opponents and crowded out of the media spotlight by the drama of the Clinton/Ob...
Jan 30, 2008 / The Nation
Obama from Butte Obama from Butte
If Barack Obama's South Carolina win was a "black" thing, it's awfully strange how it's going down in Butte. US towns don't come much whiter or more hope-resistant than t...
Jan 29, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Obama and Clinton’s State of Surveillance Obama and Clinton’s State of Surveillance
President Bush is now daring Congress to defy his demand for more unchecked power to spy on Americans without warrants, vowing to veto temporary surveillance legislation and politi...
Jan 27, 2008 / Ari Melber
Forgotten Voices from a Lost War Forgotten Voices from a Lost War
On January 30-31, 1968, the Tet holiday, the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front (NLF, known to Americans as "the Vietcong") struck at five of the country'...
Jan 25, 2008 / TomDispatch
Reid Clears Hurdle for Bush-Cheney Spying Bill Reid Clears Hurdle for Bush-Cheney Spying Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cleared a key hurdle for the FISA Amendments Act on Thursday, advancing President Bush's preferred version of the spying bill, a move opposed by t...
Jan 24, 2008 / Ari Melber
American Imperial Bankruptcy? American Imperial Bankruptcy?
Within the next month, the Pentagon will submit its 2009 budget to Congress and it's a fair bet that it will be even larger than the staggering 2008 one. Like the Army and the Mar...
Jan 23, 2008 / TomDispatch