Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola Congress Launches Investigation into Taliban Payola
Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) discusses his subcommittee's investigation into charges that the Department of Defense is essentially bribing Taliban warlords so US supply lines can safel...
Dec 18, 2009 / CNN
The GOP Smear Machine The GOP Smear Machine
Did the White House threaten to close a military base in Nebraska if Sen. Nelson didn't vote for health reform? No, but the accuracy is meaningless when it comes to the GOP smear m...
Dec 18, 2009 / Countdown
Afghanistan Escalation Ramps Up Contractor Presence Afghanistan Escalation Ramps Up Contractor Presence
Jeremy Scahill argues that as the Afghanistan escalation ramps up, President Obama is "surpassing Bush-era level of reliance on...for for-profit war corporations."
Dec 16, 2009 / MSNBC
Save the Dream, Keep the Home Save the Dream, Keep the Home
The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America helps prevent foreclosures by bringing banks to the negotiating table with mortgage holders.
Dec 16, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann and Ryan Carpenter
Audiocast: A Conversation with ‘Humanity’s Avenger’ Audiocast: A Conversation with ‘Humanity’s Avenger’
Listen to an audiocast of remarks by "humanity's avenger," Luis Moreno-Ocampo, first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
Dec 15, 2009 / The Nation
Naomi Klein: US Politicians, Don’t Come to Copenhagen Naomi Klein: US Politicians, Don’t Come to Copenhagen
The climate talks are heading into their final three days, and Naomi Klein worries that US politicians have run out of time to broker the deal that's needed.
Dec 15, 2009 / Katherine Goldstein
What I’d Like to Say to Lieberman What I’d Like to Say to Lieberman
Everyone has something to say about Joe Lieberman, something to say to Joe Lieberman, and something they'd say if they were Joe Lieberman.
Dec 15, 2009 / MSNBC
Banks Nudged, Not Forced, to Lend Banks Nudged, Not Forced, to Lend
The White House's latest attempt to persuade the big banks to lend as a boost to the economy is like kabuki theater, Christopher Hayes argues.
Dec 15, 2009 / MSNBC
Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More) Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More)
Woods's indefinite departure from golf is changing the sports landscape of the coming year, both for sports editors and for the golf industry.
Dec 14, 2009 / Countdown
Palin’s Climate Change Conspiracy Palin’s Climate Change Conspiracy
The Nation's Chris Hayes debunks the latest Sarah Palin op-ed which tries to give voice to the far right's absurd climate change lies.
Dec 10, 2009 / Countdown