Taking Back the Los Angeles Dodgers Taking Back the Los Angeles Dodgers
In an exciting development, LA Councilwoman Janice Hahn has picked up the call for fan ownership as a solution to the team's ownership woes.
Apr 25, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities
As I perused the latest WikiLeaks releases this morning, a retweet from their Twitter feed caught my eye: “Gitmo: Compare the first paragraph of these two stories about the s...
Apr 25, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Katha Pollitt on Poetry and Politics Katha Pollitt on Poetry and Politics
Katha Pollitt joins The Brian Lehrer Show for a National Poetry Month conversation about politics and poetry.
Apr 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Brian Lehrer Show
As Congressional GOP Faces Voter Anger at Town Meetings, Senator Urges Hiding Out in DC As Congressional GOP Faces Voter Anger at Town Meetings, Senator Urges Hiding Out in DC
Republican members of the House and Senate are getting an earful at home from constituents who oppose attacks on Medicare and Medicaid and favor tax hikes for the rich. One GO...
Apr 25, 2011 / John Nichols
The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs
The Koch brothers sent out packets advising their employees for whom to vote, giving a sample of the damage that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision is already unleashing ...
Apr 25, 2011 / Press Room
Three Poems by Jeffrey Yang Three Poems by Jeffrey Yang
"Abalone," "Eel," "Greed's Prisoner"
Apr 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Yang
The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs
The Koch brothers sent out packets advising their employees for whom to vote, giving a sample of the damage that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision is already unleashing on...
Apr 25, 2011 / MSNBC
Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse
The US's nuclear arsenal has no necessary military mission anymore. But their existence continues to provoke the proliferation of weapons programs abroad.
Apr 25, 2011 / Joe Cirincione
An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter
Across the Greater Middle East from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Yemen, democratic protests are threatening to sweep away subordinate elites crucial to the wielding of American...
Apr 25, 2011 / Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly
With Economy as a Hostage, the GOP Presents Extreme Demands With Economy as a Hostage, the GOP Presents Extreme Demands
Another week, another standoff over government spending. But hostage-taking Republicans aren‘t in as strong a position as they think they are.
Apr 25, 2011 / George Zornick