United We Stand to Audit the Fed United We Stand to Audit the Fed
Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes guest-hosts the Rachel Maddow show and reports on the “remarkable” showing from the Senate as they unanimously voted to audit the Federal R...
May 12, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Service Cuts Come From Low Taxes Service Cuts Come From Low Taxes
How could there be trillions of dollars in government aid for banks and insurance companies and so little left over for schools, health and transit?
May 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Verify, Baby, Verify! Verify, Baby, Verify!
If offshore drilling is required for our economic well-being—a questionable enough proposition given the inherent risks—it is a cause that will be set back dramatica...
May 12, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Pakistan’s Two Air Wars Pakistan’s Two Air Wars
US drones bomb Pakistan regularly. Now, Washington is about to deliver twenty F-16s and surveillance planes to Islamabad along with a thousand 500-pound bombs.
May 12, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
David Swanson’s Challenge to David Obey David Swanson’s Challenge to David Obey
A veteran activist urges the Appropriations Committee chairman to finish his term on an anti-war note.
May 12, 2010 / John Nichols
Strategy Conference to Develop “Caring Society” Vision Strategy Conference to Develop “Caring Society” Vision
An upcoming conference will develop a unified vision for the Left that we call “The Caring Society” and counterpose it to the selfishness, materialism and me-firstism ...
May 11, 2010 / Rabbi Michael Lerner
Economic Recovery Starts With Good Jobs Economic Recovery Starts With Good Jobs
Creating jobs that pay poverty-like wages might feel like a quick fix, but if it doesn’t get working families back on their feet, it won’t do much for our economy.
May 11, 2010 / Mike Fishman and Paul Sonn
Chase’s Foreclosure Disgrace Chase’s Foreclosure Disgrace
Three working homeowners in Queens faced foreclosure—and JP Morgan Chase refused to modify their mortgages. Now they've brought a lawsuit, and the bank is suddenly respo...
May 11, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Saving the Planet Saving the Planet
A Twitter guide to climate change news, resources and activism.
May 11, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress
The biggest political scandal of our age is the pay-to-play system that buys up Congress, pollutes our political system with special-interest cash and deep-sixes the kind of bold ...
May 11, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel