Articles

Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition? Will Workers Be Left Behind in a Green Transition?

As Congress prepares legislation to slow global warming, what kind of jobs will it create?

May 5, 2009 / Feature / Joe Uehlein

Fox’s Extremely Misleading Editing Fox’s Extremely Misleading Editing

Fox News truncates or splices video to support its ideological slant regardless of context or speaker intent.

May 5, 2009 / Media Matters for America

WWII: The United States and the War WWII: The United States and the War

World War II breaks out in Europe, but The Nation (getting it wrong) says it presents no threat to the US, and we will not join the fighting.

May 5, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

The Plight of Women Soldiers The Plight of Women Soldiers

More women have fought and died in Iraq than in all the wars since World War II put together. Yet the US military continues to treat them like second class citizens.

May 5, 2009 / Feature / Helen Benedict

Michelle Obama, Mom-in-Chief Michelle Obama, Mom-in-Chief

With Mother's Day approaching I want to think about Michelle Obama's assertion that her primary role as First Lady is "Mom-in-Chief." Many progressive feminists were dis...

May 5, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Tax Haven Rhetoric Doesn’t Trump Job-Loss Reality Tax Haven Rhetoric Doesn’t Trump Job-Loss Reality

President Obama wants to close accounting loopholes for corporations that set up "tax havens" abroad. Excellent. But don't be fooled into thinking that this is a particularly s...

May 5, 2009 / John Nichols

Lessons From the Titanic Lessons From the Titanic

The terrible tragedy of the Titanic was entirely preventable.

May 5, 2009 / The Editors

The End of Herbert Hoover The End of Herbert Hoover

Franklin Roosevelt is elected on the promise of a new deal, something the country needs desperately.

May 5, 2009 / The Editors

Why the New Torture Defense Is a Good Offense Why the New Torture Defense Is a Good Offense

The torture immunity lobby has a new argument--public support inoculates war criminals. With that mindset, we are likely to get these policies wrong again in the future.

May 5, 2009 / Ari Melber

Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning

Representative David Obey, who chairs the House appropriations committee, is comparing the Afghanistan-Pakistan war to Vietnam: There were new signs of uneasiness on Capitol Hil...

May 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

x