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New Effort Calls on Obama & GOP to Re-Up on Question Sessions New Effort Calls on Obama & GOP to Re-Up on Question Sessions

President Obama has labored to unite different political factions with policy compromises and conciliatory speeches. But it was Obama's incisive grappling at the Republican retrea...

Feb 3, 2010 / Ari Melber

The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama The Defense Industry Is Pleased with Obama

Who says the president is failing to show leadership? In one area at least, there's no sign of flag or falter. If anything, the administration's only becoming more forthright. Sad ...

Feb 3, 2010 / Laura Flanders

The Second Sex at the Super Bowl The Second Sex at the Super Bowl

The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.

Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Jaclyn Friedman

Noting Setbacks, Plouffe Returns in New Obama Video Noting Setbacks, Plouffe Returns in New Obama Video

David Plouffe, the Obama campaign manager who was recently tapped for an "expanded role" advising the White House, just cut a video briefing Obama supporters on plans for...

Feb 2, 2010 / Ari Melber

Free Speech for People Free Speech for People

My colleague and friend John Nichols' new post appropriately lauds Rep. Donna Edwards' proposed legislation to redress the damage done by the Supreme Court in its decision in the ...

Feb 2, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Secret Afghan Prisons Revealed Secret Afghan Prisons Revealed

Anand Gopal details the inhumane treatment of prisoners caught in secret Afghan prisons on US military bases.

Feb 2, 2010 / Press Room

Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates chooses a movie--and it happens to be about a military coup in the US.

Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment Donna Edwards’ No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment

Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards turned to Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis for guidance in framing the Constitutional amendment she proposed Tuesday as the right and neces...

Feb 2, 2010 / John Nichols

Honor Killing by Any Other Name Honor Killing by Any Other Name

To consider honor killing within Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence perpetrated in the Western world.

Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Anna Momigliano

The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies The Scoop on Koop’s Healthcare Lies

When I first saw this spot on TV, I thought, uh-oh, (another) final nail in the coffin of healthcare reform. The bow tie, the Captain Ahab beard, the one eyebrow preaching from h...

Feb 2, 2010 / Leslie Savan

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