Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling Bitten Once, Obama Is Not Shy About Offshore Oil Drilling
President Obama is once again calling for increased offshore oil drilling—despite the fact that key safety issues have yet to be addressed.
May 17, 2011 / George Zornick
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran? Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran?
Blackwater's Erik Prince is building an army of mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. One that includes no Muslims. What is going on here?
May 17, 2011 / Press Room
Le Scandale DSK Le Scandale DSK
Reeling in the wake of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest on rape charges, the French public has started to ask some soul-searching questions.
May 17, 2011 / Agnès Catherine Poirier
The Real Debt Crisis The Real Debt Crisis
Enrollment at for-profit colleges has surged dramatically in past years. But these institutions often lack accreditation and have dismal records of job placement--and the cost of a...
May 17, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From GOP ‘Golden Boy’ To Also-Ran: Paul Ryan’s Big Bad Bummer of a Week From GOP ‘Golden Boy’ To Also-Ran: Paul Ryan’s Big Bad Bummer of a Week
Newt Gingrich calls the House Budget Committee chair's plan to gut Medicare "right-wing social engineering." An attempt to relaunch the scheme ...
May 17, 2011 / John Nichols
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran? Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran?
Blackwater's Erik Prince is building an army of mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. One that includes no Muslims. What is going on here?
May 17, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
For Gingrich Gaffe, Video Killed The Video Star For Gingrich Gaffe, Video Killed The Video Star
Newt Gingrich's greatest assett as a candidate—TV star power—is already undermining his campaign.
May 17, 2011 / Ari Melber
Former Top Obama Economist: ‘National Debate Over Economic Policy is Way Off Track’ Former Top Obama Economist: ‘National Debate Over Economic Policy is Way Off Track’
Jared Bernstein, once the sole progressive economist on President Obama's economic team, launches a blog to critique the country's "terribly narrow economic debate."
May 17, 2011 / Ari Berman
Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing? Obama’s Reset: Arab Spring or Same Old Thing?
How the President and the Pentagon prop up both Middle Eastern despots and American arms dealers.
May 17, 2011 / Nick Turse
US-Taliban Talks in Qatar, Germany US-Taliban Talks in Qatar, Germany
Underway for months, the talks are aimed at starting what will be a long process toward a political settlement of the war.
May 17, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss