NYC Mayoral Debate: Clash of the Dullards NYC Mayoral Debate: Clash of the Dullards
Michael Bloomberg and Bill Thompson debate pedicures and Polanski instead of the real issues affecting the voters they wish to woo. Only in New York!
Oct 14, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
Gay Activists Split on Obama Gay Activists Split on Obama
At this past weekend's National Equality March, fury, or at least frustration, with the president trumped hope. On four key gay rights reforms, the administration's support is deci...
Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Eric Naing
Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform? Is Congress Opting Out of Real Reform?
Is the so-called opt-out provision a worthy compromise for progressives who've already compromised just to get to a discussion of a public option?
Oct 14, 2009 / GRITtv
McGovern: ‘Need An Exit Strategy’ McGovern: ‘Need An Exit Strategy’
Earlier this month, for a forthcoming article in Rolling Stone about President Obama's Afghanistan policy, I interviewed Representative Jim McGovern (D.-Mass.), who's called on th...
Oct 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth Public Health Before Wall Street Wealth
The healthcare debate has become a convenient distraction from the far more pressing issues surrounding the banking meltdown.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Don’t Ask, Don’t Get Don’t Ask, Don’t Get
A grassroots group for LGBT activism, born at last weekend's National Equality March, plans to push Obama harder than established gay rights groups will.
Oct 13, 2009 / Feature / Daniel Chandler
The Freedom Journalism School The Freedom Journalism School
Here's a great new idea worth supporting: The Freedom Journalism School -- a pioneering program to train a network of fifty new media muckrakers across the South. A new project f...
Oct 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Obama at the Precipice Obama at the Precipice
Will Obama do any better at listening to critics of the Afghan War than Lyndon Johnson did on Vietnam?
Oct 13, 2009 / Feature / William J. Astore
Baucus Committee OKs a Health Bill, But Not Reform Baucus Committee OKs a Health Bill, But Not Reform
If every kid in class finishes their homework except for one, guess which kid will get the most attention. That's right, the slacker. And, when the slacker finally does turn in t...
Oct 13, 2009 / John Nichols
The House is on Fire The House is on Fire
It is now clear: our economy is shrinking, unemployment and underemployment are on the rise at nearly 20 percent, and a tsunami of foreclosures continues unabated--what we have on ...
Oct 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel