The State of the Corporate Union The State of the Corporate Union
The State of the Union will be a little different this year. Thanks to a last-minute switch the annual address will be presented by Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sa...
Jan 25, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically) Silver Lining for Vikings Fans (Politically)
This is a day to empathize with the agony amongst the long-suffering fans of the Minnesota Vikings.
Jan 25, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Who Should Run the Fed? Who Should Run the Fed?
If you weren't convinced before that Ben Bernanke should be replaced as Chairman of the Federal Reserve you might be now. Wall Street's Humble Servant--Secretary Timothy Geithner-...
Jan 25, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Protests Dog Olympic Torch Relay Across Canada Protests Dog Olympic Torch Relay Across Canada
The "running of the Olympic torch." Its roots lie in the propaganda department of Nazi Germany, as Joseph Goebbels saw it as an ingenious way to spread the Nazi gospel ac...
Jan 23, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Coakley DID Define Herself. More’s the Pity. Coakley DID Define Herself. More’s the Pity.
I hate to nit-pick, but is it possible that Martha Coakley lost her bid to become Senator of Massachusetts not because people knew her too little but because they just might have k...
Jan 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary Conan O’Brien for Treasury Secretary
As the Democrats hysterically reel away from heath care reform in the wake of Scott ("My daughters are available") Brown's win in Massachusetts, I'd like to suggest the s...
Jan 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan
Lessons Not Learned Lessons Not Learned
A year ago I was freezing on the Mall with a few million others, watching the inauguration of a new President. Today I'm sweltering in my unnaturally hot office, fearing the inaugu...
Jan 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics Resistance is Coming to the Vancouver Olympics
I am far from home here in Vancouver to learn more about the coming Winter Olympic Games in February.
Jan 21, 2010 / Dave Zirin
IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan
Last Friday I wrote about the IMF's new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF's existing loan of ...
Jan 20, 2010 / Richard Kim
How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr. How Barack Obama is like Martin Luther King, Jr.
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. –Martin Luther King, Jr. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomina...
Jan 18, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry