Political Figures

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem The Solution to Obama’s BP Press Problem

Obama's media strategy is catching up with him.

Jun 14, 2010 / Ari Melber

Isn’t There Some Room for Helen Thomas? Isn’t There Some Room for Helen Thomas?

Thomas's remarks were offensive, but considering her journalistic moxie and courage over many decades, isn't there room for someone who made a mistake, apologized for it and wants ...

Jun 7, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Baby Steps Towards Equality Baby Steps Towards Equality

In a world where baby steps donate progress, even a compromise seems like a stride. Will Barack Obama come throw and give the executive order to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell?

May 26, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Stories and Legends

Stories and Legends Stories and Legends

How Barack Obama has fashioned a personal and political identity by treating the history of the civil rights movement as a usable past.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue

Year of Republican Women or GOP’s Marginalization? Year of Republican Women or GOP’s Marginalization?

Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that Arizona’s immigration law will further marginalize the already male, pale and stale Republican Party.

May 18, 2010 / Press Room

Year of Republican Women or GOP’s Marginalization? Year of Republican Women or GOP’s Marginalization?

Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that Arizona’s immigration law will further marginalize the already male, pale and stale Republican Party.

May 18, 2010 / CNN

The F Word: Why Are Voters So Mad? The F Word: Why Are Voters So Mad?

Sure, Obama has had a few achievements over the past year and a half, but perhaps there are larger reasons such as outsourcing jobs and rampant unemployment that explains a disgrun...

May 18, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism” Obama’s Flailing Wars: A Study in BP-Style “Pragmatism”

The deeper strategic incoherence that lies under the president's AfPak flip-flop.

May 17, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama

Confronted with evidence that he was wrong about the safety of offshore drilling—in the form of photos of the nightmarish Gulf of Mexico spill—California's governor wit...

May 4, 2010 / John Nichols

Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too

Obama is quick to say "justice" will be done in the Times Square bombing attempt, but what about the BP oil rig or Massey Energy? 

May 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders

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