Why DC Doesn’t Think Stephen Colbert Is Funny Why DC Doesn’t Think Stephen Colbert Is Funny
As Colbert showed at the House immigration hearing, when he’s in character, he’s really about Washington’s character.
Sep 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan
For Jobs, Justice and Education For Jobs, Justice and Education
For nearly two years, the loudest and most insistent voices in American politics have been on the extreme right. At the One Nation, Working Together march, this is going to ch...
Sep 24, 2010 / Benjamin Todd Jealous and Deepak Bhargava
Checking Corporate Power in Washington and Wall Street Checking Corporate Power in Washington and Wall Street
Yesterday brought a mixed bag of news for reformers on Capitol Hill.
Sep 24, 2010 / Ari Berman
The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games The Collapsing of the Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi are on the verge of a historically unprecedented complete and utter implosion.
Sep 24, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Is the Drug War a Class War? Is the Drug War a Class War?
The war on drugs. We keep calling it that, it seems, because we like wars on abstract concepts.
Sep 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Forgotten Base Obama’s Forgotten Base
The tragic irony of this political moment: the people with the most faith in Obama are the hardest hit by the economic disaster, and this brute fact is driving the enthusiasm gap.
Sep 23, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Larry Summers: Goodbye To All That Larry Summers: Goodbye To All That
The Devil we know certainly has friends. Time for other voices to be raised, loud, fast.
Sep 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Summers’s Over. What’s Next for Obama’s Economic Team? Summers’s Over. What’s Next for Obama’s Economic Team?
With Larry Summers leaving, who should Obama pick to shake up his economic team? Things could get better—or worse.
Sep 22, 2010 / Ari Berman
So Long, Summers So Long, Summers
Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president’s top economic adviser is welcome news.
Sep 22, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Briefing: Dean Baker on Elizabeth Warren and America’s Poverty Briefing: Dean Baker on Elizabeth Warren and America’s Poverty
Is the recession really ending? What does Elizabeth Warren's sort-of appointment mean? Dean Baker has answers on Grit TV.
Sep 20, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV