Religion Threatens ’08 Presidential Race

We need a new national dialogue to untangle the triumphalist Christian story line that has wrapped itself around our political discourse.

Rev. Howard Moody

Paulson’s Plan B

The Treasury Secretary's decision to buy equity stakes in banks still fails to address the fundamental flaws in the system.

Nomi Prins

Sarah Palin Is Out of Her League

Sarah Palin's out of her league and a dangerous choice for vice president. Don't Republican leaders have a moral obligation to speak out?

Judith Viorst

Why I’d Be a Better VP than Sarah Palin

I've got the ethics, the family values, a passport and, like the Alaska governor, am perfectly aligned with God's will.

Rosanne Cash

Obama’s Web-Savvy Voter Plan

The Obama campaign's below-the-radar use of the web to register new voters could change the game for Democrats and Republicans.

Ari Melber

Why Don’t the Media Get the Bailout?

There's still plenty of time for the media to get the bailout story right: just start asking, "Who benefits?"

David Cay Johnston

Noted.

Philip Weiss on how grassroots activists on Capitol Hill trumped AIPAC to block a bad measure on Iran.

The Editors

Spend the Bailout Money on the Middle Class

Take a tip from the New Deal: invest that $700 billion in jobs and mortgage aid for those who need it most.

Howard Zinn

Invest in the Real Economy

Government can soften the recession's impact by spending money--lots of it--to stimulate the real economy.

The Editors

Paulson’s Bailout Beast

Henry Paulson's latest plan takes us further down to road to state capitalism, whose only principle is to protect the bankers who created the problem.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Hoover, 2008: McCain’s Bogus Reform

For years, John McCain backed legislation that decriminalized Wall Street's reckless conduct. No amount of New Deal posturing can hide that record.

Robert Scheer

Palin Drops the Puck

The best-known hockey mom in the country gets booed at a game in Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. Failing candidate, failed bank, failed stunt: you can't make this stuff up.

Dave Zirin and Daniel Denvir

The Meltdown’s Silver Lining

When the markets calm down, liquidity returns and we are sunk in the inevitable recession, America can remake itself into a saner, more humane society.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Follow-ups for Sarah Palin

Don't let reproductive rights get lost in the run-up to Election Day.

Katha Pollitt

Bailout Signals the Election Is Over

By approving the bailout, Congress sealed our political fate more firmly than any presidential election.

Alexander Cockburn

Someone Watching Sarah Palin’s Campaign Tactics Imagines How She Might Challenge a Referee’s Call in a Sixth-Grade Hockey Game

Calvin Trillin

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