Political Ideologies

Howard Zinn

Zinn’s Critical History Zinn’s Critical History

Howard Zinn's writings remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the upheavals of the '60s

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 Howard Zinn, 1922-2010

Remembering the pragmatic radical.

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

Republican Senators: You Lie Republican Senators: You Lie

Republican Senators come out against the Obama administration's handling if the Underwear bomber, yet, they are "wrong, wrong, wrong."

Feb 4, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Antonin Scalia

Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia

Who is the purest archetype of the conservative legal movement, Antonin Scalia or John Roberts?

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn Prankly, My Dear, They Don’t Give a Damn

You know how you can tell the Age of Reagan has ended? Because at his State of the Union address, Barack Obama didn't do any of those ordinary-folks-who-make-a-difference shout-out...

Jan 29, 2010 / Leslie Savan

The Right-Wing’s Dirty Tricks The Right-Wing’s Dirty Tricks

Chris Hayes explains why O'Keefe's attempt to wiretap Senator Landrieu's office is so outrageous.

Jan 29, 2010 / Countdown

Howard Zinn speaks into a microphone during the 2009 Sundance Music Festival

Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History Howard Zinn: The Historian Who Made History

Howard Zinn, who died in 2010 at the age of 87, did nothing less than rewrite the narrative of the United States. 

Jan 28, 2010 / Dave Zirin

Health Care Moving in the Right Direction Health Care Moving in the Right Direction

Those of us paid to observe Congress have spent the last two weeks watching, with mouth agape, as congressional Democrats slowly raised a loaded gun to their collective mouths and ...

Jan 27, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Video: Change Won’t Come Easy Video: Change Won’t Come Easy

Katrina vanden Heuvel urges Democrats to mobilize their base and stop making damaging compromises with the Right.

Jan 22, 2010 / GRITtv

Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation Young Punk Rockers Revive Folk Songs for a New Generation

As part of America's progressive folk tradition, The Tillers demonstrate that the left has long been essential to the country's cultural fabric.

Jan 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Geoffrey Dobbins

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