GOP’s Healthcare Message Malfunction GOP’s Healthcare Message Malfunction
The Nation's Chris Hayes says Republicans want to kill healthcare reform, not put forth any credible alternatives, so their arguments are a 'logical mess.'
Aug 26, 2009 / Countdown
Afghanistan Apocalypse Afghanistan Apocalypse
Yesterday afternoon at the Brookings Institution, four analysts portrayed a bleak and terrifying vision of the current state of affairs in Afghanistan in the wake of the president...
Aug 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Remembering the Real Deal Remembering the Real Deal
The light has gone out, and with it that infectious warm laugh and intensely progressive commitment of the best of the Kennedys.
Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
What’s Wrong With Washington What’s Wrong With Washington
I've never met Heather Podesta. I've only spoken to her husband, Tony, once. But I found this Washington Post profile of her on Sunday incredibly distasteful. And I imagine I wasn'...
Aug 25, 2009 / Ari Berman
The Deification of Gentle Ben The Deification of Gentle Ben
While the mainstream press portrays newly reappointed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke as a mild-mannered hero, the reality is he is responsible for much of the economic pain Americans ar...
Aug 25, 2009 / William Greider
Restoring Democracy in Côte d’Ivoire Restoring Democracy in Côte d’Ivoire
A transparent election in Côte d'Ivoire is essential to restoring that country's democracy and economic might. It is time for Côte d'Ivoire to overcome its history of v...
Aug 25, 2009 / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’ ‘Iraq Will Be A Colony of Iran’
Iraq's Shiite religious parties, most with ties to Iran, have reestablished a political bloc called the Iraqi National Alliance. Among its founders are Ahmad Chalabi, the revered ...
Aug 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Boycott Israel? Boycott Israel?
Mention boycott in a discussion of Israel, and chances are you'll find yourself the butt of vicious attacks. Israeli professor Neve Gordon elicited just such denunciations when he ...
Aug 25, 2009 / Roane Carey
Holder — and Obama — Must Focus on Torture Accountability Holder — and Obama — Must Focus on Torture Accountability
Attorney General Eric Holder chose not to take the counsel of the Republican partisans who have been campaigning in recent weeks to avert an accountability moment with regard to t...
Aug 25, 2009 / John Nichols
Abdullah Abdullah’s Unmentioned History Abdullah Abdullah’s Unmentioned History
Abdullah Abdullah exemplifies a political chameleon in a country tortured by wars and violence.
Aug 24, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette