From Justice to Agriculture Department From Justice to Agriculture Department
Did you see the letter in the New York Times on Monday by a man who suggests that this White House's politicization crept down to the state level of the Agriculture Department? It ...
May 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us Ivy Leaguers R White Like Us
Imagine looking out your cozy Harvard dorm room only to see a bunch of black folks whoopin' and hollerin' in the Quad. What's an Ivy Leaguer to do except call campus security. So t...
May 21, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Taking on Dobbs Taking on Dobbs
I had an interesting run in with Lou Dobbs on May 8th. The clip has just become available on my site. Dave Niewert at Orcinus transcribed the key part and kicked off an interestin...
May 21, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Why Won’t MoveOn Move on Habeas Corpus? Why Won’t MoveOn Move on Habeas Corpus?
MoveOn.org is circulating a new survey asking its 3.3 million members to plan the group's "next steps," offering a dozen choices ranging from issues on the national agend...
May 21, 2007 / Ari Melber
More Trouble in Latte-Land More Trouble in Latte-Land
Today Starbucks faced legal and political trouble from its own workers. On the third anniversary of the founding of the IWW Starbucks Union, baristas in Chicago marched into a shop...
May 17, 2007 / Liza Featherstone
Georgie Feels the Love Georgie Feels the Love
"I'm startin' to get on board with the impeachment folks" "The rule of law has just been thrown out the window. I agree that impeachment is in order." "R...
May 17, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
A Bluegrass Battle for Dems A Bluegrass Battle for Dems
On Tuesday, Democrats in Kentucky will choose their nominee to battle notoriously corrupt Governor Ernie Fletcher this November. This is not just a typical Democratic primary, but ...
May 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
George, Mahmoud, Benedict George, Mahmoud, Benedict
In an era when every Ann, Isaiah and Tim can bask in the toxic green glow of homophobe fame just by throwing around the F-word a few times in public, it's nice to know that some pe...
May 17, 2007 / Richard Kim
Stuck in the Sand Stuck in the Sand
It's dispiriting for opponents of the war that a motion to bring an end to combat operations in Iraq by March 2008 received only 29 votes in the Senate yesterday.
May 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
Chalmers Johnson’s Journey Chalmers Johnson’s Journey
Way back in 1999, when I was still a Tomdispatch-less book editor, I read a proposal from Chalmers Johnson. He was, then, known mainly as a scholar of modern Japan, though years e...
May 15, 2007 / TomDispatch