Bank of America: Bad For Consumers? Bank of America: Bad For Consumers?
The SEIU's Stephen Lerner, Former BoA employee Chris Feener, and Max Fraad Wolff on the bank's unsavory practices.
Jul 22, 2009 / GRITtv
Invisible Iraq Invisible Iraq
You'd never know that the prime minister of a nation occupied by 130,000 US troops is in the United States, but he is. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in Washington to meet Pres...
Jul 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Seat on the Bus? A Seat on the Bus?
Mass transit fares are going up and services are being cut. Meanwhile, federal stimulus money favors new projects over maintaining existing systems.
Key GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Backs Sotomayor Key GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Backs Sotomayor
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday became the first Republican senator from a Deep South state to say he would vote to confirm Supreme Court nomination of Judge So...
Jul 22, 2009 / John Nichols
The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle The Stakes of the Healthcare Battle
At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious, I think it's incredibly important for anyone even vaguely on the center-left to understand what's at stake in this healthcare fight....
Jul 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Deep-Sixing the F-22 Deep-Sixing the F-22
The news that Congress might terminate production of topline fighter jets comes as a considerable victory for President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates.
Jul 22, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Skip Gates and the Post-Racial Project Skip Gates and the Post-Racial Project
Over the past several days a strange characterization of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has emerged. Many are portraying him as a radical who easily and inappropriately appeals t...
Jul 22, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
A Reluctant Big Shot A Reluctant Big Shot
Everyone is fussing about the departure of Walter Cronkite from the CBS Evening News--everyone that is except Cronkite.
Jul 21, 2009 / Feature / Kurt Vonnegut
Cronkite’s Alarm Cronkite’s Alarm
An editorial says Walter Cronkite doesn't really tell it as it is.
Jul 21, 2009 / The Editors
Letter from Walter Cronkite Letter from Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite says the anchor chair on the evening news is where he delivers the news, not editorials.
Jul 21, 2009 / The Nation