Time for Geithner’s Accountability Moment Time for Geithner’s Accountability Moment
If Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner abused his former position with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to encourage the American International Group (AIG) to conceal e...
Jan 8, 2010 / John Nichols
Civilization and its Homophobes Civilization and its Homophobes
The Washington Post ran an impassioned editorial January 7, condemning the anti-homosexuality law being considered in Uganda. Originally calling for the death penalty, the bill ...
Jan 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Schools Over Prisons: Student Protests Push Cal. Governor to Act Schools Over Prisons: Student Protests Push Cal. Governor to Act
Student protests against tuition increases at the 10-campus University of California system pushed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to announce on Tuesday an initiative to guarantee that...
Jan 7, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges
The Blackwater guards are charged with killing two Afghan civilians in May 2009.
Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The Melting of America The Melting of America
A portrait of a can-do nation turning into a can't-do one.
Jan 7, 2010 / Orville Schell
Closing Time Closing Time
If you read this article in the Forward, you'll see that every single leader of every major Jewish organization has chosen to side with the government of Israel over the representa...
Jan 7, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Blackwater Injustice Blackwater Injustice
A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down fourteen innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.
Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Noted. Noted.
Remembering poet Dennis Brutus and anti-globalization activist Tim Costello.
Jan 7, 2010 / The Editors
Looting Social Security Looting Social Security
The Washington Post has run a "news" article about deficit reduction produced by The Fiscal Times, an outfit backed by Social Security demonizer Pete Peterson.
Jan 7, 2010 / William Greider
The Terror Trap The Terror Trap
The attempted airliner attack on Christmas Day demonstrates that the best antidote to terrorism is not military action but good intelligence, police work and appropriate security m...
Jan 7, 2010 / The Editors