This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
The House has already hit the road -- gone until September -- so the Senate has the joint to itself. I asked one Senate staffer what the rationale is behind the House taki...
Aug 3, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Race, Lies, and Health Scares Race, Lies, and Health Scares
It'd be nice to think that the recent surge in overtly racist rhetoric on the right has been a case of random opportunism, provoked by the coincidence of a wealthy black Harvard pr...
Aug 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Why Single Payer Advocacy Matters Now More Than Ever Why Single Payer Advocacy Matters Now More Than Ever
How should serious supporters of healthcare reform spend the month of August? Not by getting trapped in the narrow "debate" between "party of no" Republicans who favor no reform ...
Aug 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Sonia Sotomayor is Not a “Consequence” Sonia Sotomayor is Not a “Consequence”
Politics does not get much creepier than the line from conservative Republican senators who say they have decided to support the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on ...
Aug 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Key Committee Backs Health Plan; Pelosi Allows Single-Payer Vote Key Committee Backs Health Plan; Pelosi Allows Single-Payer Vote
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday evening voted 31-28 for a health-care reform plan that uses a relatively robust "public option" and other strategies to insure th...
Aug 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Italy’s Pillow Talk Italy’s Pillow Talk
Silvio Berlusconi's latest sexual escapade is the talk of Italy, and now the world. Maybe we should be paying closer attention to evidence of far more sinister hookups.
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Frederika Randall
Stolen Beauty Stolen Beauty
Ahava Beauty Products promises "beauty secrets from the Dead Sea" but the real secret is that its products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the Occupied Territory...
Jul 31, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire
The United States no longer has the capability to remain a global hegemon, and to pretend otherwise is to invite disaster.
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Israeli Settlements: Obama Should Know Better Israeli Settlements: Obama Should Know Better
Obama says he wants a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion. If that's the case, he should turn his attention to the US-based nonprofit that encourages American immigration to the...
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Mairav Zonszein
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: I did two columns about the Skip Gates affair this week, God help me. The first one is my "Think Again column." It's called "Why Does BarackObama Hate America? (Hint: Bla...
Jul 31, 2009 / Eric Alterman