Lobbying for Autocrats Lobbying for Autocrats
A senator and congressman argue that free trade is the best way to improve US relations with Russia and Georgia. What's in it for us?
Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture
I.F. Stone used to joke that what passed for investigative journalism in Washington was actually just the restating of what was already in the public record at the appropriate tim...
May 11, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs
The president and comedian Wanda Sykes laugh off some of the recent Republican attacks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
May 11, 2009 / Think Progress
The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope forspringtime.... But there are miles to go before we sleep."--Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President ofPugwas...
May 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reviving Anti-Trust Reviving Anti-Trust
The New York Times has a piece today about the Obama administration's intention to actually enforce anti-trust provisions, a shocking departure from the actions of the last admini...
May 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reveals the results of the banks' written exams. All nineteen banks passed...the pass/pass test
May 11, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism
Fools look for a fight between newspapers and the net. The challenge is to defend print and digital journalism, in an age of big-media myopia.
May 11, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
US General Builds A Palestinian Army US General Builds A Palestinian Army
Last Thursday, in what was billed as his very first on-the-record address, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, spoke to the ...
May 11, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Elizabeth Edwards On Elizabeth Edwards
Elizabeth was smart, tough and unafraid of political engagement. Hers was a story that resonated with women across partisan differences.
May 11, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Mother’s Day for Peace Mother’s Day for Peace
It makes sense that the best way to honor a mother is to work to end wars that kill her sons, but the true origin of Mother's Day has been buried under an avalanche of flowers and...
May 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg