Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq
A multi-billion dollar mystery is unfolding in Iraq, and it may reach to the highest levels of the Iraqi government. It involves what the New York Times calls an "extremist Shiit...
Aug 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Rep. Ryan’s Plan to Make Your Healthcare Worse Rep. Ryan’s Plan to Make Your Healthcare Worse
Last week, I co-hosted Carlos Watson's morning news program on MSNBC. In an interview with Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Congressman was combativeas he wrongly dismissed Democratic pr...
Aug 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It
I come from a family of organizers (my dad and my brother), so I'm intimately familiar with just how much work good organizing is. I also have a lot of guilt about the fact I'm no...
Aug 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
MSNBC & FOX: Posing Divided, United They Stand MSNBC & FOX: Posing Divided, United They Stand
There are days when one's reminded why one works in independent media. August 1st was one of those days, when the New York Times ran a front page media story th...
Aug 4, 2009 / Laura Flanders
The Paulsons’ Edifice Complex The Paulsons’ Edifice Complex
For Henry Paulson and his son Merritt, the taxpayers of Portland, Oregon, must look like geese with an infinite supply of golden eggs.
Aug 3, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Fear of a Black President Fear of a Black President
Right wing commentators would rather stir up racial prejudice than enter into a serious debate about the future of US healthcare.
Aug 3, 2009 / Media Matters for America
Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry
Now for something completely different. This week I'm guest-blogging at The Best American Poetry. So much fun! I'll be putting up here what I wrote over there the day before.
Aug 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Changing Kurdistan Changing Kurdistan
On July 25 Kurdistan held both presidential and parliamentary elections. A new, stronger opposition with more seats in the parliament indicates a change in the political landscape ...
Aug 3, 2009 / Feature / Mohammed A. Salih
Thinking Left in Bolivia Thinking Left in Bolivia
Álvaro García Linera, Bolivia’s Marxist vice president, talks about gender equality, the right wing and how natural gas has paved the way for a rebirth of socialism in his country.
Aug 3, 2009 / Feature / Linda Farthing
Show Trials in Tehran Show Trials in Tehran
As Roger Cohen's lengthy, analytical piece in the New York Times Sunday magazine described, the Obama administration hasn't quite figured out how to respond to the continuing turm...
Aug 3, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss