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
Progressives, Bloggers Make GQ’s New Washington Power List Progressives, Bloggers Make GQ’s New Washington Power List
GQ released its much anticipated "Power 50" list on Tuesday, the first compendium of Washington's most influential players in the Obama era, with a PR blitz and a glitzy ...
Oct 13, 2009 / Ari Melber
NFL: Are You Ready for Some Limbaugh? NFL: Are You Ready for Some Limbaugh?
The Nation's Dave Zirin weighs in on Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy the the St. Louis Rams football team.
Oct 13, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Iran Flexes Muscle in Iraq Iran Flexes Muscle in Iraq
Several top Iraqi politicians have been making the rounds in Iran lately, getting support from Tehran in advance of elections scheduled in Iraq for January. Among the politicians:...
Oct 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel Geithner’s All Ears for the Debt Cartel
Months ago, a former chief economist at the IMF called it mind control. Talking to Simon Johnson of the Atlantic Monthly, he explained that one of the most alarming truths laid b...
Oct 13, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Whiner-in-Chief Whiner-in-Chief
The Obama administration really needs to get over itself. First, the president and his aides go to war with Fox News because the network maintains a generally anti-Obama slant. ...
Oct 12, 2009 / John Nichols