The Hubris of a President The Hubris of a President
The man who reported on the Third Reich for CBS finds some disturbing parallels between the Nixon administration and the Nazi government.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / William L. Shirer
Morse and the Telegraph Morse and the Telegraph
The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes
The head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters takes on FDR.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Daniels
McNamara’s Evil Lives On McNamara’s Evil Lives On
It was the stark evil Robert McNamara perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.
Jul 8, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson The Black Funeral of Michael Jackson
Funerals tell us more about the living than the dead. It's why anthropologists often begin with rituals of death as an entry point for understanding societies and cultures. I reme...
Jul 8, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
New Showdown in Iran? New Showdown in Iran?
UPDATE Thursday, July 9--Clashes erupted today between at least a thousand protestors in Tehran and baton-wielding security forces. Demonstrations took place all over Iran -- acco...
Jul 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
What Will Healthcare Reform Really Cost? What Will Healthcare Reform Really Cost?
Healthcare as we know it is a serious burden on the national economy. Is Congress willing to make the necessary changes to overhaul the system?
Jul 8, 2009 / GRITtv
Rethink Afghanistan: Women of Afghanistan Rethink Afghanistan: Women of Afghanistan
American military escalation will not liberate the women of Afghanistan. Instead, the hardships of war take a disproportionate toll on women and their families.
Jul 8, 2009 / Brave New Films
Irony Deficiency: Straight-Faced Palin Says “I’m Not a Quitter” Irony Deficiency: Straight-Faced Palin Says “I’m Not a Quitter”
Forget Tina Fey. Sarah Palin is now beyond parody. Republicans may be struggling to get right with this whole resignation thing. (A new national survey of Republicans by the Ras...
Jul 8, 2009 / John Nichols
Trumka Thinks Big Trumka Thinks Big
As he mounts his run for AFL-CIO president at a moment of opportunity and peril for American workers, Richard Trumka calls for no less than a new social compact.
Jul 7, 2009 / Feature / David Moberg