The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real ‘Shakedown’ The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real ‘Shakedown’
Republicans say they're defending small government and private property, but the real winner is corporate America. Richard Kim talks to Laura Flanders about the Republican Pa...
Jun 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown” The Week Ahead: Richard Kim on the GOP’s Real “Shakedown”
Republicans say again and again that they're defending small government and private property, but when the hot air settles the real winner is corporate America, too often at th...
Jun 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe? The Breakdown: Is Offshore Drilling Ever Safe?
Is BP unique in its ability to create catastrophe? On this week's The Breakdown, Chris Hayes asks Greenpeace's Kert Davies whether the entire practice of offshore oil drilling is i...
Jun 18, 2010 / Chris Hayes
The Power of the Presidency The Power of the Presidency
Since the president had no legal basis to demand the set aside, on what basis did he extract $20 billion from BP?
Jun 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It We Need to Build a Cleaner Economy, So Let’s Do It
On Morning Joe, Katrina vanden Heuvel defends President Obama by saying that his White House speech Tuesday night was humane, but "we need deeds."
Jun 17, 2010 / Press Room
Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis Video: BP’s Oil Crisis Is Obama’s Leadership Crisis
On The Ed Show, Katrina vanden Heuvel says that Obama needs to realize that BP's mess is "more than an oil spill, more than an oil crisis. It's also an economic crisis."...
Jun 16, 2010 / Press Room
BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis BP’s Oil Crisis is Obama’s Leadership Crisis
On The Ed Show, Katrina vanden Heuvel says that Obama needs to realize that BP's mess is "more than an oil spill, more than an oil crisis. It's also an economic crisis."
Jun 16, 2010 / The Ed Show
Rape and Spillage Rape and Spillage
What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? And why be surprised that the oil conglomerates are also in bed with their pretend Washington regulators?
Jun 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem Human Trafficking: Not Someone Else’s Problem
For the first time, the US has been included in its own report on countries that are sites of human trafficking.
Jun 15, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
BP: Beyond Punishment BP: Beyond Punishment
Despite public outrage and thirst for justice, there's a decent chance that BP will escape from the catastrophe relatively unscathed.
Jun 9, 2010 / Chris Hayes