Political Figures

The Left Never Left Obama The Left Never Left Obama

Progressives are learning how Obama actually leads: as a manager and technocrat. And that's not a bad thing.

Mar 18, 2010 / Ari Melber

Credit Where Due, Geithner Credit Where Due, Geithner

 What Tim Geithner should be getting credit for, it seems to me, is that Lehman Brothers report -- well, not the report, but the cover-up.

Mar 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog Dodd’s Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog

 Dodd's bill puts a strong cop on the beat. But the same regulators who've already failed us would look over its shoulder.

Mar 15, 2010 / Kai Wright

There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators There’s No ‘Compromise’ Protection Against Predators

 Good riddance to the Senate's bipartisan effort to build a weak Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Mar 14, 2010 / Kai Wright

Aren’t We Cheneyed Out Yet? Aren’t We Cheneyed Out Yet?

 At what point do we call them the family of mass intimidation and simply stop playing into the Cheney clan's tired old terror tactics?

Mar 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Lesson for Obama: Organizing 101 Lesson for Obama: Organizing 101

Ari Melber explains why Obama has been so ineffectual at change while in office.

Mar 12, 2010 / The Young Turks

Bernie Tells It Like It Is Bernie Tells It Like It Is

 Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at the Progressive Media Summit.

Mar 11, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann

Remember 11/4/08? Remember 11/4/08?

 A new participatory documentary captures the excitement of Obama's election.

Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Obama: Change We Can Believe In? Obama: Change We Can Believe In?

Watch a live webcast tonight of "Obama: Change We Can Believe In?" featuring Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ben Smith of Politico.com, Gretchen Morgenson of The New...

Mar 9, 2010 / The Nation

Why Is Barack Obama Writing GOP Talking Points? Why Is Barack Obama Writing GOP Talking Points?

The president needs a new speechwriter because, right now, he's reinforcing GOP messaging.

Mar 5, 2010 / John Nichols

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