Senate Priority #1: Fix the Filibuster Senate Priority #1: Fix the Filibuster
At the start of the next session of Congress, Senate Democrats can check Republican obstructionism by reforming the filibuster.
Dec 15, 2010 / Ari Berman
When Domes Collapse: Minnesota’s Sporting Shock Doctrine When Domes Collapse: Minnesota’s Sporting Shock Doctrine
The spectacular collapse of the Metrodome's roof on Sunday bolsters every reason why the Twin Cities do NOT need a publicly funded stadium. But the "conventional wisdom&q...
Dec 15, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters
“The question of whether we want a real 'net is really the question of whether we want a real democracy.”
Dec 14, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers Fox News Won’t Admit That Republicans Voted Against 9/11 Rescue Workers
When they do something so vile that even Fox commentators can’t stomach it, Republicans become They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Dec 13, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal Attacks On Government Workers in Tax Deal
Republican activist Grover Norquist once famously declared that he'd like to shrink the federal government to the point where he could drown it in a bathtub—but a little-noti...
Dec 10, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Shifting Goalposts on Terrorism Shifting Goalposts on Terrorism
We've seen so many definitions of terrorist in the last few years, it can be hard to keep them straight. So I suppose it's understandable when someone like Rep. Peter King from New...
Dec 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’ Obama’s Bizarre Celebration of a Slave Republic’s ‘Compromises’
The president said many objectionable things in selling his tax- cut plan, but his assertions about America's history of compromising was too much to stomach.
Dec 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Kai Wright
Obama Supporters ‘Dismayed, Betrayed, Insulted’ by Tax Deal Obama Supporters ‘Dismayed, Betrayed, Insulted’ by Tax Deal
Reaction from Obama supporters shows strong opposition to the president's tax cut deal with the GOP.
Dec 8, 2010 / Ari Berman
Lennon’s Last Interview: ‘The Sixties Showed Us the Possibility’ Lennon’s Last Interview: ‘The Sixties Showed Us the Possibility’
It was 30 years ago today.
Dec 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault
Julian Assange turned himself in Tuesday—he's been arrested and is being held without bail in London ahead of a hearing on extradition to Sweden. If women's security is sudde...
Dec 7, 2010 / Laura Flanders