Subprime Obama Subprime Obama
He should stiffen his meager bailout plan and call for a moratorium on foreclosures and serious government intervention.
Jan 24, 2008 / Max Fraser
Bill and Hill’s Dangerous Game Bill and Hill’s Dangerous Game
The Clintons cannot compete with the enthusiasm Obama sets off so they are trying to destroy it. They just may succeed--but at an awful price.
Jan 23, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Playing Politics with Bankers Playing Politics with Bankers
Now that Dennis Kucinich is out of the presidential debates, don't expect Clinton or Obama to hold unregulated bankers accountable for the global economic meltdown.
Jan 23, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Conversation with Taylor Branch A Conversation with Taylor Branch
MLK's biographer on presidents, politics, racial injustice, poverty and war.
Jan 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Wallace
Racial Politics, Clinton Style Racial Politics, Clinton Style
No matter who injected the issue of race and gender into the Democratic presidential campaign, it's not going away.
Jan 18, 2008 / Ari Berman
The Weepy Witch & the Secret Muslim The Weepy Witch & the Secret Muslim
If the campaign becomes a competition between race and gender, the winner will be whichever white man the GOP nominates.
Jan 17, 2008 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Those Ungrateful Saudis Those Ungrateful Saudis
After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?
Jan 16, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
King’s Legacy of Change King’s Legacy of Change
No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.
Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grace Lee Boggs
Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
Obama’s Wide Net Obama’s Wide Net
His web-driven, self-starting activism could be the key to getting his message out--and bringing young voters to the polls on Super Tuesday.
Jan 10, 2008 / Ari Melber