Water on the Moon — and Money for NASA Water on the Moon — and Money for NASA
"Water found on the moon," the headlines said – water that "could be used for drinking," the LA Times reported, possibly enough for "future astronauts to live off the land." The...
Nov 14, 2009 / Jon Wiener
Hannity and Bachmann Almost Apologize Hannity and Bachmann Almost Apologize
A fundamental tenet for both rightwing politicians and their media pilot fish is: Never, ever, apologize for the crazy. If you get caught exaggerating or even lying outright, simpl...
Nov 13, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Will the Senate Stand Against Stupak? Will the Senate Stand Against Stupak?
Are restrictions on abortion the price of healthcare reform? But both pro-choice and progressive healthcare reform leaders andmembers of Congress have come out swi...
Nov 13, 2009 / Emily Douglas
Obama’s Organizing Army Finally Targets Republicans Obama’s Organizing Army Finally Targets Republicans
In an unusually aggressive move, Organizing for America announced Wednesday that it is mobilizing its volunteer army to confront the 32 Republican legislators who voted against hea...
Nov 12, 2009 / Ari Melber
Carrie Prejean: An All-American Sore Loser Carrie Prejean: An All-American Sore Loser
Permit me to borrow one our president's most famous turns ofphrase--Carrie Prejean's story could "only happen in America." Most ofus who don't consume a daily die...
Nov 12, 2009 / Adam Howard
Obama, Democrats Face Liberal Fundraising Boycott Obama, Democrats Face Liberal Fundraising Boycott
Politico's lead story today tracks how both progressive and conservative activists are using intramural fundraising threats to challenge the party establishment. For Democrats, th...
Nov 12, 2009 / Ari Melber
No Armistice In War on Poor No Armistice In War on Poor
Armistice Day reminds us that when wars end, the winners and losers are supposed to make peace. For the first time, in 2009, leaders of World War II enemies, Germany and France, co...
Nov 12, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Unequal Power, Unequal Access Unequal Power, Unequal Access
"If women are denied a chance to develop their full human potential, including their potential to lead healthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is society as a whole rea...
Nov 11, 2009 / Laura Flanders
What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t? What Do the Bishops Have That We Don’t?
The House passed its version of health-care legislation Saturday night by a vote of 220 to 215 after the approval of an amendment which amounts to a not-very-back door abortion b...
Nov 10, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Who Subsidizes Abortion? Who Subsidizes Abortion?
As is now widely known, added to the health care reform bill just passed by the House of Representatives was a provision barring access to abortion called the Stupak-Pitts Amendmen...
Nov 10, 2009 / Eyal Press